old hag (old woman)
çekim: çoğul alte Schachteln · tamlayan alter Schachtel
köken: 16th century, from Schachtel (literally “box”) in the obsolete vulgar sense “vulva, vagina”; compare Dose, English box.
nag (old, useless horse) · hag, harridan
çekim: çoğul haridelles
köken: Inherited from Old French harer, from hare, from Frankish *hara.
witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft) · specifically, a Wiccan · crone, hag (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
çekim: çoğul brujas
eş: bauda, cuaco, garza nocturna coroninegra, garza bruja, gauda, guaco
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: ajo de bruja, brujería, brujita, caza de brujas, correo de las brujas, embrujar, garza bruja, Noche de Brujas
the presents or treats received by children from Befana on the night before Epiphany · a crone or old hag · alternative letter-case form of Befana
çekim: çoğul befane
eş: strega, arpia, megera, carampana, vecchia, Epifania
köken: From Befana, a folkloric figure.
aile: befano
🔊 ricevere la befana
🔊 La mia befana quest'anno è stata misera.
a pie, large cake, or cobbler · a hag, bag
çekim: çoğul taarten
eş: quiche, cirkeldiagram, schijfdiagram, taartdiagram
köken: From Middle Dutch tāerte, from Old French tarte.
aile: taartdeeg, taartdoos, taartpunt, taartschep, taartvork, taartvorm, aardbeientaart, appelkruimeltaart, appeltaart, bruidstaart
Portekizce 🔊 bruxa (dişil) /ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/ witch · an evil woman
çekim: çoğul bruxas
eş: bruaca, canhão, carcaça, cuca, jabiraca, coruja
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: bruxaria, vassoura-de-bruxa
old woman, hag
köken: From ばば (baba).
Korece 🔊 마귀할멈 /ma̠ɡɥiɦa̠ɭmʌ̹m/ witch, hag (ugly or unpleasant woman)
köken: 마귀(魔鬼) (magwi) + 할멈 (halmeom).
an unpleasant (older) woman; a hag
çekim: çoğul haggor · tamlayan haggas
köken: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā (“witch”). Compare häxa (“witch, hag”), a German borrowing.
woman, crone, hag (female person; often one causing problems or one that is old) · grandmother (mother of one's mother or father) · female teacher
çekim: çoğul baby · tamlayan baby
eş: babsztyl, babsko, babka, fajtłapa, boba, bob
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ Proto-Slavic *bàba Old Polish baba Polish baba Inherited from Old Polish baba.
aile: Baba Jaga, baba-chłop, babiarz, babie lato, babimór, babina, babiniec, babizna, babochłop, baboholik
harp (musical instrument) · an old or ugly woman, harpy
çekim: çoğul harput · tamlayan harpun
köken: Borrowed from Swedish harpa.
aile: harpisti, harppukonsertto, harppusoitin, harpunkieli, harpunsoittaja, huuliharppu, suuharppu, tuuliharppu
crone (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
çekim: çoğul babizny · tamlayan babizny
köken: From baba + -izna.
old woman · grandmother · midwife
çekim: çoğul babe · tamlayan babe
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баба (baba), from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”).
Vietnamca 🔊 con mẹ /kɔn˧˧ mɛ˧˨ʔ/ Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see con, mẹ.
köken: con (“son”) + mẹ (“mother”).
🔊 "Đây là con Mẹ." (Ga. 19, 26–27)
Bulgarca 🔊 старица (dişil) /stɐˈrit͡sɐ/ female equivalent of ста́рец (stárec): old woman
çekim: çoğul стари́ци
köken: From Proto-Slavic *starica.
Galiçyaca 🔊 lurpia (dişil) /ˈluɾpjɐ/ hag, witch · slut; hag; bitch; meddler
çekim: çoğul lurpias
köken: Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.
🔊 Espello de Diputados, donde se deben mirar eses lurpias enmeigados, que quixeren diputar,
old woman, hag · witch · old dear, old girl
çekim: çoğul cailleacha · tamlayan caillí
köken: From Old Irish caillech (“nun, elderly woman”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Manx caillagh.
aile: beacán na caillí, cailleach an ghiodail, cailleach an uafáis, cailleach bhasctha, cailleach bheag, cailleach bhreac, cailleach bhréagach, cailleach chneasta, cailleach chrainn, cailleach dharach
🔊 Macha the Owl Witch