Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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witchcraft

UK /ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹɑːft/ · US /ˈwɪt͡ʃkɹæft/ noun

Forms witchcrafts

  1. noun The practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events. “Wiccans believe in a modernised form of witchcraft.”
  2. noun Black magic; the use of witchcraft for evil means. “The Bible warns against the use of witchcraft and sorcery.”
  3. noun Something, such as an advanced technology, that seems almost magical.
  4. noun An irresistible or seemingly magical influence.

Synonyms

witchdom witchery witchwork bewitchery black arts charmwork conjuration conjuring craft dark arts diablerie druidcraft dweomercraft dwimmer dwimmercraft enchantment goety gypsycraft hexcraft hexerei

Etymology

From Middle English wicchecraft, wicchecreft, from Old English wiċċecræft, equivalent to witch + -craft.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits.
  2. noun Power more than natural; irresistible influence.

Etymology [AS. wiccecræft.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “witchcraft”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “witchcraft” (best matches first).