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abracadabra
''Abracadabra'' is an incantation used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet.
== Etymology ==
The word may have its origin in the Aramaic language, but numerous conflicting folk etymologies are associated with it.
The word ''Abracadabra'' may derive from an Aramaic phrase meaning "I create as I speak." or from the Greek "Αύρα κατ' αύρα" meaning "from Αura to Aura". This etymology is dubious, however, as אברא כדברא in Aramaic is more reasonably translated "I create like the word." In the Hebrew language, אברא translates as "I will create" and כדברא "as spoken". The second lexeme in this supposedly Aramaic phrase might be a noun given the presence of the definite article on the end of the word (it cannot be an infinitive construct, as the infinitive cannot take the definite article). Regardless, this phrase would actually be pronounced ''ebra kidbara'', which is clearly different from ''abracadabra''.
"()bracadabra may comprise the abbreviated forms of the Hebrew words ''Ab'' (Father), ''Ben'' (Son) and ''Ruach A Cadsch'' (Holy Spirit), though an alternative derivation relates the word to Abraxas, a god with snakes for feet who was worshipped in Alexandria in pre-Christian times."〔''Dictionary of Superstitions'', David Pickering, Cassell Wellington House, 1995, 1〕 David Pickering's description of the word as an abbreviation from Hebrew is also a false etymology—as he apparently here means Aramaic (בר is Aramaic for "son", it is בן in Hebrew, although בר is an honorific form), nor does he account for the final five letters (i.e., -dabra) in the lexeme.
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