For unusual words, reminiscent of their description of the mysterious world of medicine and magic, refers to "potion." This means something bubbling, from which smoke stretches in all directions - most people are sure of this. In fact, everything is completely wrong.
The definition of the word "drug"
From the explanatory and derivational dictionary of the Russian language under the authorship of T. F. Efremov, you can find out that the drug is:
- A drug made from special herbs or other medicinal substances.
- Homemade infusions or ointments used to achieve a specific goal.
- Spicy mix, an analogue of modern seasoning, for cooking culinary dishes.
Brief description of the word
A potion is a noun, a neuter gender, a singular. It consists of the basis of the word “drug”, which is also the root, and the ending is “e”. The drug inclines in the following way:
- Nominal - potion (singular), potion (plural).
- Genitive - potions (singular), potions (plural).
- Dative - by drug (singular), drugs (plural).
- Accusative - potion (singular), potion (plural).
- Correct - potion (singular), potions (plural).
- Prepositional - potion (singular), potions (plural).
The transcription of this word is as follows: [snadab'y'e]. The sounds included in its composition have the following properties:
- s - [s]: acc. deaf., par. solid .;
- n - [n]: acc., not par. ringing., sonor., par. solid .;
- a - [a]: voice .;
- d - [d]: acc. ringing., par. solid .;
- o - [a]: voice .;
- b - [b ']: as per par. ringing., par. soft .;
- b - no sound;
- e - consists of two sounds [y ']: acc., not par. ringing., sonor., not par. soft., and [e]: voice.
Origin of the word
The Latvian word zāle has the meaning of a well-known drug. These are plants or herbs. But with the help of consoles, it could take on completely different forms. For example, the word abiszāles, where the prefix bise means a gun. Such cases are not unique. In ancient Greek, βοτάνη (plant) with the help of additional words was easily transformed into an expression denoting gunpowder.
It is known that the meaning of the word “potion” is herbal infusions made to cure any ailment. Researchers suggest that under the influence of this factor and additional word-formation methods, the word zāle easily changed to units, meaning both grass and plants, as well as potions and everything related to weapons.