епидемия
Bulgarian
Etymology
Medical term, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδημία (epidēmía), probably via some intermediate Western language or via Russian эпиде́мия (epidémija).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛpiˈdɛmijɐ]
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Noun
епиде́мия • (epidémija) f
- (pathology) epidemic
- (figurative) news or trend which spreads quickly from person to person (like an epidemy)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | епиде́мия epidémija |
епиде́мии epidémii |
| definite | епиде́мията epidémijata |
епиде́миите epidémiite |
Related terms
- панде́мия (pandémija, “pandemic”)
References
- “епидемия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014