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koschei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
koschei
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton.

Etymology

From Russian Коще́й (Koščéj), related to кость (kostʹ, “bone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Коще́й

Inflected Forms

Kashchei (alternative) Kashchey (alternative) Kashey (alternative) Kastchei (alternative) Koshchei (alternative) Koshchey (alternative) Koshey (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Buyan

Questions

What does koschei mean?
An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton.
Where does koschei come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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