врачба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic врачьба (vračĭba), from Proto-Slavic *vьračьba. Morphologically equivalent to врач (vrač, “fortune teller”) +‎ -ба (-ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vrɐd͡ʒˈba]

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Noun

врачба́ • (vračbá) f

1. (dialectal, uncountable) fortune telling
2. (dialectal) divination

Declension

Declension of врачба́

	singular	plural
indefinite	врачба́ vračbá	врачби́ vračbí
definite	врачба́та vračbáta	врачби́те vračbíte

Related terms

• врачу́ване (vračúvane, “divination, fortune telling”)

References

• “врачба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• врачьба in Исторически речник на българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"