folk russian
наро́дный
the people's, of the people, popular
folk, traditional
publicly owned, state-owned
ле́карь
doctor, physician, medic
healer, folk healer
люд
people, folk
преда́ние
legend, folk tale, oral tradition
tradition
ру́сская
Russian woman, Russian (female)
russkaya (Russian folk dance), Russian dance
пля́ска
traditional folk dance, dancing
шепту́н
whisperer
tell-tale, sneak, informer, gossip
charm-whisperer, folk healer, sorcerer
голь
the poor, poor folk, beggars, paupers
poverty, destitution, penury
bare patch, bare spot, treeless place
наро́дец
a curious folk, a certain kind of people, a peculiar bunch, little people
знаха́рка
folk healer, wise woman, medicine woman, sorceress
quack, quack doctor, charlatan
ба́ба-яга́
Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folk tales
hag, old witch, shrew
гусёк
gosling, little goose
ogee moulding, gooseneck, planer handle, crane jib extension
game of the goose, board game with dice
folk musical instrument (a kind of pipe)
милова́ть
(folk poetic) to caress, to fondle
гераси́м
St Gerasim's day, Gerasim's day (in the folk calendar)
врачева́ние
healing, doctoring, medical treatment
folk healing, alternative healing, natural healing
quackery, quack doctoring
новина́
virgin soil, newly ploughed land, new field
freshly reaped grain, new harvest
unbleached linen, piece of coarse linen
novelty, piece of news
modern heroic epic, Soviet-era folk epic
ворожея́
fortune-teller, soothsayer
sorceress, wise woman, folk healer
ворожба́
sorcery, witchcraft, casting spells, charming (folk healing)
fortune-telling, divination
гопа́к
ukrainian folk dance
разносо́л
pickles, pickled vegetables, home preserves
delicacies, dainties, fancy fare
August (folk name)
во́льница
freemen, free folk, band of free settlers
robber band, gang of outlaws, horde
self-willed person, headstrong person, unruly child
free-and-easy manner, unconstrained behaviour, licence
были́на
bylina, Russian epic folk song, epic
наро́дишко
little people, common folk (derogatory), rabble, riff-raff
зна́харство
folk healing, witch-doctoring, folk medicine practice
quackery, charlatanism, sorcery
на́игрыш
folk-tune, artificiality
перепля́с
Russian folk-dance
народый
folk, popular, people's
national
ребя́та
lads, boys, guys, young people
children, kids
guys, folks, everyone
стари́к
old man
parents, folks
пре́док
ancestor, forefather, forebear
parents, folks, the old folks
бра́тец
brother, little brother, dear brother
my boy, old chap, mate, buddy
guys, lads, folks, friends
люди́шки
peeps, folks, small people
фолькло́р
folklore
богаты́рь
bogatyr, epic hero, knight of Russian folklore
strong man, hercules, strapping fellow
тридевя́тый
faraway, remote, thrice-nine (in folklore)
ду́мка
Ukrainian folksong, small pillow
дома́шние
household members, family, folks at home
pets, domestic animals
Examples
Том игра́л испа́нскую наро́дную мело́дию на своем англи́йском го́рне в кита́йском рестора́не во Фра́нции.
Tom played a Spanish folk tune on his English horn at a Chinese restaurant in France.
Она поёт карельские народные песни.
She sings Karelian folk songs.
Бабушка пользовала соседей народными средствами от простуды.
Grandmother treated the neighbors with folk remedies for their colds.
Мы слушали эвенкийские народные песни.
We listened to Evenk folk songs.
Просвирняк часто используют в народной медицине.
Mallow is often used in folk medicine.
Женьшень используют в народной медицине
Ginseng is used in folk medicine.
Он изучает великорусские народные песни.
He is studying Great Russian folk songs.
Бабушка занималась врачеванием и лечила соседей.
Grandmother practiced folk healing and treated the neighbors.
Горицвет используется в народной медицине.
Lychnis is used in folk medicine.
Дактилическая рифма встречается в народных песнях.
Dactylic rhyme is found in folk songs.
В деревне до сих пор верят в знахарство.
People in the village still believe in folk healing.
Знахарство передавалось из поколения в поколение.
Folk healing was passed down from generation to generation.
Многие считают знахарство обманом.
Many people consider folk healing to be a fraud.
Раньше золотуху лечили народными средствами.
In the past, scrofula was treated with folk remedies.
Мы слушали каракалпакскую народную музыку.
We listened to Karakalpak folk music.
Мы слушали мансийскую народную сказку.
We listened to a Mansi folk tale.
Мы слушали мордовскую народную песню
We listened to a Mordvinian folk song.
Она подлечивает кашель народными средствами.
She treats her cough with folk remedies.
Народные приметы предсказывают долгую зиму.
Folk omens predict a long winter.
В песне чувствуется протяжность народных мотивов.
The song has the drawn-out quality of folk melodies.
Эта сказительница выступала на народных праздниках.
This storyteller performed at folk festivals.
Скоморошество на Руси было народным искусством.
Skomorokh performance was a folk art in medieval Rus'.
Стебельный сок используют в народной медицине.
Stem sap is used in folk medicine.
Славянщина проявляется в народных песнях и обрядах.
Slavic character is manifested in folk songs and rituals.
В народных праздниках до сих пор видно двоеверие.
Dual faith can still be seen in folk celebrations.
Мы поблагодарили певицу, исполнявшую народные песни.
We thanked the singer who had performed folk songs.
Знахарка, исцелявшая соседей, пользовалась большим уважением.
The folk healer, who treated her neighbors, was greatly respected.
Она вспоминала бабушку, врачевавшую соседей народными средствами.
She remembered her grandmother, who treated the neighbors with folk remedies.
Я познакомился с музыкантом, оркеструющим народные песни.
I met a musician who orchestrates folk songs.



















