Значение

значений: 3

  1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.

  2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.

  3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.

Ещё определения
  • a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas
  • (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery

Происхождение

Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African lan

Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, Saramaccan obia, and Sranan Tongo obia.

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Формы

мн. число: obeahs

Синонимы

синонимов: 42
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Близкие по смыслу
  • a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas:obi
  • (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery:obi

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 2
Производныеobeah doctorobeahman

Уроки к слову

уроков: 1

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