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folk russian

  • наро́дный

    the people's, of the people, popular

    folk, traditional

    publicly owned, state-owned

  • ле́карь

    doctor, physician, medic

    healer, folk healer

  • преда́ние

    legend, folk tale, oral tradition

    tradition

  • пля́ска

    traditional folk dance, dancing

  • 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

  • наро́дец

    a curious folk, a certain kind of people, a peculiar bunch, little people

  • наро́дишко

    little people, common folk (derogatory), rabble, riff-raff

  • 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

  • люд

    people, folk

  • ба́ба-яга́

    Baba Yaga, witch of Russian folk tales

    hag, old witch, shrew

  • были́на

    bylina, Russian epic folk song, epic

  • ворожба́

    sorcery, witchcraft, casting spells, charming (folk healing)

    fortune-telling, divination

  • ворожея́

    fortune-teller, soothsayer

    sorceress, wise woman, folk healer

  • врачева́ние

    healing, doctoring, medical treatment

    folk healing, alternative healing, natural healing

    quackery, quack doctoring

  • голь

    the poor, poor folk, beggars, paupers

    poverty, destitution, penury

    bare patch, bare spot, treeless place

  • гопа́к

    ukrainian folk dance

  • знаха́рка

    folk healer, wise woman, medicine woman, sorceress

    quack, quack doctor, charlatan

  • зна́харство

    folk healing, witch-doctoring, folk medicine practice

    quackery, charlatanism, sorcery

  • на́игрыш

    folk-tune, artificiality

  • 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

  • перепля́с

    Russian folk-dance

  • разносо́л

    pickles, pickled vegetables, home preserves

    delicacies, dainties, fancy fare

    August (folk name)

  • ру́сская

    Russian woman, Russian (female)

    russkaya (Russian folk dance), Russian dance

  • гераси́м

    St Gerasim's day, Gerasim's day (in the folk calendar)

  • народый

    folk, popular, people's

    national

  • шепту́н

    whisperer

    tell-tale, sneak, informer, gossip

    charm-whisperer, folk healer, sorcerer

  • стари́к

    old man

    parents, folks

  • ребя́та

    lads, boys, guys, young people

    children, kids

    guys, folks, everyone

  • 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

  • богаты́рь

    bogatyr, epic hero, knight of Russian folklore

    strong man, hercules, strapping fellow

  • фолькло́р

    folklore

  • люди́шки

    peeps, folks, small people

  • тридевя́тый

    faraway, remote, thrice-nine (in folklore)

  • ду́мка

    Ukrainian folksong, small pillow

  • дома́шние

    household members, family, folks at home

    pets, domestic animals

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