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снадобье

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Russian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsnadəb⁽ʲ⁾je]

Noun

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сна́добье (snádobʹjen 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

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References

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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.