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to ward off the evil eye

  • 1 ward off the evil eye

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > ward off the evil eye

  • 2 evil

    evil ['i:vəl] ( British compar eviller, superl evillest, American compar eviler, superl evilest)
    (a) (wicked → person) malveillant, méchant; (→ deed, plan, reputation) mauvais; (→ influence) néfaste; (→ doctrine, spell, spirit) maléfique;
    he's in an evil mood il est d'une humeur massacrante;
    she has an evil temper elle a un sale caractère ou un caractère de chien;
    to have an evil tongue être mauvaise langue;
    he had his evil way with her il est arrivé à ses fins avec elle;
    to put off the evil day or hour repousser le moment fatidique;
    of evil repute (place) mal famé; (person) tristement célèbre;
    the Evil One le Malin
    (b) (smell, taste) infect, infâme
    2 noun
    mal m;
    to speak evil of sb dire du mal de qn;
    I wish her no evil je ne lui veux pas de mal;
    social evils plaies fpl sociales, maux mpl sociaux;
    the evils of drink les conséquences fpl funestes de la boisson;
    a necessary evil un mal nécessaire;
    pollution is one of the evils of our era la pollution est un fléau de notre époque;
    it's the lesser evil or of two evils c'est le moindre mal;
    proverb hear no evil, see no evil(, speak no evil) = formule qui fait référence aux trois singes dont l'un se couvre la bouche, l'autre les yeux et le troisième les oreilles, et qui symbolise la lâcheté devant l'injustice
    ►► the evil eye le mauvais œil;
    to give sb the evil eye jeter le mauvais œil à qn;
    to ward off the evil eye se protéger du mauvais œil

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > evil

  • 3 nazar

    "1. look; glance. 2. the evil eye. 3. opinion: nazarımda in my opinion. -a almak /ı/ to take (something, someone) into account, take (something, someone) into consideration. -ıyla bakmak /a/ to regard (something, someone) as. - boncuğu blue bead (worn to ward off the evil eye). - değmek /a/ for the evil eye to strike (someone)/cause (someone) misfortune. - değmesin. colloq. May misfortune not befall him/it! -ı dikkate almak /ı/ to pay attention to; to take (someone, something) into consideration. -ı dikkatini çekmek /ın/ to attract (someone´s) attention. -dan düşmek to fall from favor. -a gelmek to be struck by the evil eye. -ı itibara almak /ı/ to regard (someone, something) as important. -da olmak to be in favor, be well regarded."

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > nazar

  • 4 קיין עין־הרע

    (interj., expression)
    [keynahore (or) keyn eynhore (or) keyn eynore (or) keyn ayenore]
    Approximate Pronunciation (Northern / Southern) [keyn·a·hor'·eh / kayn'·a·hor'·eh (or)keyn eyn∙hor'∙eh / kayn ayn∙hor'∙eh]
    "No Evil-Eye!; praise, said in order to ward off the evil eye, (by pointing the praised person or thing out to the Evil-Eye), especially when "

    Yiddish-English dictionary > קיין עין־הרע

  • 5 maşallah

    1. Wonderful!/Magnificent!/Just look at that! 2. May God preserve him/her from evil! 3. Wonders never cease! (said to indicate surprise). 4. amulet bearing the inscription Maşallah in Arabic characters (pinned to children to ward off the evil eye). -ı var. /ın/ colloq., used to show admiration: Oğlunuzun maşallahı var. What a fine lad your son is! Arabasının maşallahı var. His car is really dandy!

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > maşallah

  • 6 mavi

    blue. - boncuk blue bead (used to ward off the evil eye). - boncuk dağıtmak to tell each of one´s girl friends (or beaux) that she/he is the apple of one´s eye. - boncuk hikâyesi a case of one person´s stringing another person along. - boncuk kimde? colloq. And who´s her latest flame?/And just who´s he snowing now? (said of people who are inconstant in their affections). - hastalık path. cyanosis. - kurdele blue ribbon (first prize). - küf blue mold. - küf hastalığı blue mold rot.

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > mavi

  • 7 katırboncuğu

    ,-nu 1. large blue bead (hung around the neck of an animal to ward off the evil eye). 2. cowry, cowry shell (strung with blue beads around the neck of an animal).

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > katırboncuğu

  • 8 оберегать от дурного глаза

    General subject: ward off the evil eye

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > оберегать от дурного глаза

  • 9 Um-be-rufen

    Unqualified, uncalled for; God forbid; (A deprecation to ward off the evil eye)

    Yiddish-English phrasebook > Um-be-rufen

  • 10 kokil

    (Persian) braid; a fake braid put on children’s heads to ward off the evil eye; tassle

    Uzbek-English dictionary > kokil

  • 11 tuf

    1. sound made by spitting. tuf de to spit; to make a spitting sound to ward off the evil eye 2. (Russian) tufa, tuff

    Uzbek-English dictionary > tuf

  • 12 abakı

    A scarecrow that is set up in vegetable gardens to ward off the evil eye

    Old Turkish to English > abakı

  • 13 abakı

    A scarecrow that is set up in vegetable gardens to ward off the evil eye

    Old Turkish to English > abakı

  • 14 nazarlık

    charm, amulet (used to ward off the evil eye).

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > nazarlık

  • 15 evitar

    v.
    1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).
    podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o prevented
    evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing something
    Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.
    María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.
    2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).
    no puede evitarlo he can't help it
    Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me
    3 to save.
    esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go
    * * *
    1 (gen) to avoid
    2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid
    3 (ahorrar) to spare, save
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=eludir) to avoid
    2) (=ahorrar) to save

    me evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

    para evitar que sufranto avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( ahorrar)

    evitarle algo a alguien<molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

    2.
    evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself
    * * *
    = avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.
    Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.
    Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.
    Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
    Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.
    Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.
    Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.
    Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
    Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.
    Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
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    * acto de evitar = avoidance.
    * agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.
    * el evitar = avoidance.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.
    * evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar que = keep from.
    * evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.
    * evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.
    * evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * evitar una infección = prevent + infection.
    * evitar un error = avoid + error.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * intentar evitar = fight + shy of.
    * lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

    para evitar que sufranto avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( ahorrar)

    evitarle algo a alguien<molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

    2.
    evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself
    * * *
    = avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

    Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.
    Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.
    Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
    Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.
    Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.
    Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.
    Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
    Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.
    Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    * acto de evitar = avoidance.
    * agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.
    * el evitar = avoidance.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.
    * evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar que = keep from.
    * evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.
    * evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.
    * evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * evitar una infección = prevent + infection.
    * evitar un error = avoid + error.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * intentar evitar = fight + shy of.
    * lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

    * * *
    evitar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    evita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with him
    para evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go
    ¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?
    2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent
    se podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o prevented
    haremos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it
    para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering
    3 (ahorrar) to save
    una simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of trouble
    así les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worry
    por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center
    ‹problemas› to save oneself
    evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store
    si aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problems
    me evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    evitar    
    evitar algo
    evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid;



    para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( remediar):

    me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it

    d) ( ahorrar) evitarle algo a algn ‹molestia/preocupación› to save o spare sb sth

    evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas to save oneself;

    evitar verbo transitivo
    1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
    2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
    (una desgracia) to avert
    3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid

    ' evitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahorrar
    - alarde
    - carcajada
    - contemporizar
    - hincapié
    - mortificar
    - mortificarse
    - murmuración
    - para
    - remediar
    - aglomeración
    - huir
    English:
    avert
    - avoid
    - breath
    - bypass
    - cheat
    - clampdown
    - clear
    - deny
    - get round
    - harm
    - head off
    - hedge
    - help
    - loophole
    - miss
    - pair off
    - prevent
    - pussyfoot
    - save
    - scandal
    - should
    - stave off
    - steer
    - step in
    - way
    - get
    - guard
    - keep
    - rat
    - shun
    - stave
    - unavoidably
    * * *
    vt
    1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;
    ¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;
    evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;
    no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;
    hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading
    2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;
    siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;
    Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;
    yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;
    no puede evitarlo he can't help it;
    no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am
    3. [ahorrar] to save;
    esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;
    esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go
    * * *
    v/t
    1 avoid;
    no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it
    2 ( impedir) prevent
    3 molestias save
    * * *
    evitar vt
    1) : to avoid
    2) prevenir: to prevent
    3) eludir: to escape, to elude
    * * *
    evitar vb
    1. (en general) to avoid
    2. (impedir) to prevent
    3. (ahorrar) to save

    Spanish-English dictionary > evitar

  • 16 βασκαίνω

    βασκαίνω fut. 3 sg. βασκανεῖ Dt 28:56; 1 aor. ἐβάσκανα, s. B-D-F §72 (s. two next entries; IG XII/7, 106 [VI B.C.]; Euphorion [?] Fgm. 175, 2 Coll. Alex. p. 58; Aristot. et al.; LXX; TestSol 18:39 [cp. PVindobBosw 18, 39 [β]ασκένω]).
    to exert an evil influence through the eye, bewitch, as with the ‘evil eye’ τινά someone (Aristot., Probl. 34, 20 [926b, 24] με; Diod S 4, 6, 4; Alex. Aphr., Probl. 2, 53 παῖδας; Dt 28:56; TestSol 18:39) prob. metaph. Gal 3:1 (one can ward off βασκανία by spitting 3 times ὡς μὴ βασκανθῶ τρὶς ἔπτυσα: Theocr. 6, 39; s. ἐκπτύω Gal 4:14; πτύω Mk 8:23). Cp. the adj. ἀβάσκαντος POxy 3312, 3.—For lit. on the ‘evil eye’ s. JHElliott, Biblical Interpretation 2/1, ’94, 80–84; add SEitrem, SymbOsl 7, 1928, 73 n. 5 (lit.); MDickie, Heliodorus and Plutarch on the Evil Eye: ClPh 86, ’91, 17–29; idem, Glotta 71, ’93, 174–77.
    to be resentful of someth. enjoyed by another, envy (Demosth. 20, 24; Theocr. 5, 13; Jos., Vi. 425, C. Ap. 1, 2) τινί (Demosth. 20, 24) or τινά somebody (Demosth. 8, 19; Dt 28:54, 56; Sir 14:6, 8) οὐδέποτε ἐβασκάνατε οὐδένι you have never grudged anyone (the opportunity of witnessing to the death) IRo 3:1.—On assoc. of envy and the evil eye s. Elliott (1 above), The Fear of the Leer, the Evil Eye from the Bible to Li’l Abner: Forum 4/4, ’88, 42–71. B. 1495. M-M. (Lat. fascinum). TW. Spicq.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > βασκαίνω

  • 17 ἐκπτύω

    ἐκπτύω 1 aor. ἐξέπτυσα (Hom. et al.; Plut., Mor. p. 328c; Epict. 3, 12, 17) orig. of spitting motion ‘spit, spit out’, then metaph. to eject saliva as an expression of contempt (s. ἐξουθενέω 1 and 2) or to ward off hostile spirits (s. βασκαίνω 1 and Theocr. 6, 39 the herder Damoctas spits three times on his chest to avoid the evil eye; 20, 11 in expression of contempt; Lucian, Navig. 15, Apologia 6; Theophr., Char. 16, 14 μαινόμενον ἰδὼν ἢ ἐπίληπτον φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι ‘he shudders when he sees someone who is mad or has fits and he spits on his chest’), hence disdain Gal 4:14 (ἐ. is omitted by P46).—Ltzm. ad loc.; SSeligmann, D. böse Blick I 1910, 293–98; JHElliott, The Fear of the Leer: Forum IV/4, ’88, 42–71 (lit.). S. also πτύσμα.—M-M. TW.

    Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > ἐκπτύω

  • 18 urok

    m (usu pl uroci) spell, bewitchment; coll: hex, jinx; specif the evil eye; - ureknuti | ne budi (mu) -a! touch wood!; obraniti se od -a ward off a spell

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > urok

  • 19 egit

    A medicine which is rubbed on the faces of babies to ward off demonic possession and evil eye

    Old Turkish to English > egit

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    A medicine which is rubbed on the faces of babies to ward off demonic possession and evil eye

    Old Turkish to English > egit

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