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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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гада́ть (gadátʹ) +‎ -а́ние (-ánije)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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гада́ние (gadánijen inan (genitive гада́ния, nominative plural гада́ния, genitive plural гада́ний)

  1. divination, fortune-telling, (by hand) palmistry, chiromancy, (cards) card reading, cartomancy
  2. guess, guessing, guesswork
    э́то всё из о́бласти гада́ний
    éto vsjo iz óblasti gadánij
    it is all/mere guesswork

Declension

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Further reading

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  • гадание in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru