кудеса

Russian

Alternative forms

• куде́с (kudés)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кудесъ (kudesŭ, “magic, sorcery”), from Proto-Slavic *kudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊˈdʲesə]

Noun

куде́са • (kudésa) f inan (genitive куде́сы, uncountable)

1. (obsolete) sorcery, fortune-telling

Declension

Declension of куде́са (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	куде́са kudésa
genitive	куде́сы kudésy
dative	куде́се kudése
accusative	куде́су kudésu
instrumental	куде́сой, куде́сою kudésoj, kudésoju
prepositional	куде́се kudése

Derived terms

• кудесный (kudesnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кудес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “кудес, кудеса”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 65