снадобье

Russian

Etymology

From с- (s-) + на́доба (nádoba) + -ье (-ʹje). Compare dialectal снадобля́ть (snadobljátʹ, "to prepare, to provide with") and пона́добиться (ponádobitʹsja, to be needed, to come in handy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsnadəb⁽ʲ⁾je]

Noun

сна́добье • (snádobʹje) n inan (genitive сна́добья, nominative plural сна́добья, genitive plural сна́добий)

  1. drug, medicament, potion (a small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical)
    Synonyms: зе́лье (zélʹje), лека́рство (lekárstvo), сре́дство (srédstvo), эликси́р (eliksír)

Declension

References

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “снадоблять”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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