Значення

значень: 3

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

  2. (злічуване, незлічуване)A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.

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

Ще визначення
  • 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

Походження

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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Форми

множина: obeahs

Синоніми

синонімів: 42
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Близькі за значенням
  • 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

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 2
Похідніobeah doctorobeahman

Уроки до слова

уроків: 1

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