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diabetes

See also: Diabetes and diabètes

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs/
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun edit

diabetes (uncountable)

  1. Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]
    • 2020 September 7, Ian Sample, The Guardian:
      In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.
  2. (slang, humorous) Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
    • 2017 August 6, “The craziest things you have to eat in New York City”, in Silver Stories‎[1]:
      This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.
  3. Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin. [from 15th c.]
    • 1649, Nicholas Culpeper, The Physical Directory:
      A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      The lady laboured under a Diabetes, in consequence of having used the waters injudiciously for another complaint; and, that she might not be an impediment to the carriage, by ordering it to halt,as often as she should have occasion to disembogue, she had provided herself with a leathern contrivance […] .

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diabetes insipidus — see diabetes insipidus

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diabetes m inan

  1. diabetes mellitus
    Synonyms: cukrovka, (dated) úplavice cukrová

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Declension of diabetes (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative diabetes diabety
genitive diabetu diabetů
dative diabetu diabetům
accusative diabetes diabety
vocative diabete diabety
locative diabetu diabetech
instrumental diabetem diabety

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Further reading edit

  • diabetes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • diabetes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • diabetes in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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Noun edit

diabetes c (singular definite diabetesen, not used in plural form)

  1. diabetes
    Synonym: sukkersyge

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Declension of diabetes
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative diabetes diabetesen
genitive diabetes' diabetesens

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Etymology edit

From Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.aːˈbeː.təs/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes
  • Rhymes: -eːtəs

Noun edit

diabetes m (uncountable)

  1. diabetes

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  • → Indonesian: diabetes

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin diabētēs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑbe(ː)t(ː)es/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞(ː)t̪(ː)e̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -etes
  • Syllabification(key): di‧a‧be‧tes

Noun edit

diabetes

  1. diabetes
    Synonym: sokeritauti
    Hyponyms: nuoruusiän diabetes (type I), aikuisdiabetes (type II)

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Inflection of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative diabetes diabetekset
genitive diabeteksen diabetesten
diabeteksien
partitive diabetesta diabeteksia
illative diabetekseen diabeteksiin
singular plural
nominative diabetes diabetekset
accusative nom. diabetes diabetekset
gen. diabeteksen
genitive diabeteksen diabetesten
diabeteksien
partitive diabetesta diabeteksia
inessive diabeteksessa diabeteksissa
elative diabeteksesta diabeteksista
illative diabetekseen diabeteksiin
adessive diabeteksella diabeteksilla
ablative diabetekselta diabeteksilta
allative diabetekselle diabeteksille
essive diabeteksena diabeteksina
translative diabetekseksi diabeteksiksi
abessive diabeteksetta diabeteksitta
instructive — diabeteksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative diabetekseni diabetekseni
accusative nom. diabetekseni diabetekseni
gen. diabetekseni
genitive diabetekseni diabetesteni
diabeteksieni
partitive diabetestani diabeteksiani
inessive diabeteksessani diabeteksissani
elative diabeteksestani diabeteksistani
illative diabetekseeni diabeteksiini
adessive diabeteksellani diabeteksillani
ablative diabetekseltani diabeteksiltani
allative diabetekselleni diabeteksilleni
essive diabeteksenani diabeteksinani
translative diabeteksekseni diabeteksikseni
abessive diabeteksettani diabeteksittani
instructive — —
comitative — diabeteksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative diabeteksesi diabeteksesi
accusative nom. diabeteksesi diabeteksesi
gen. diabeteksesi
genitive diabeteksesi diabetestesi
diabeteksiesi
partitive diabetestasi diabeteksiasi
inessive diabeteksessasi diabeteksissasi
elative diabeteksestasi diabeteksistasi
illative diabetekseesi diabeteksiisi
adessive diabeteksellasi diabeteksillasi
ablative diabetekseltasi diabeteksiltasi
allative diabeteksellesi diabeteksillesi
essive diabeteksenasi diabeteksinasi
translative diabetekseksesi diabeteksiksesi
abessive diabeteksettasi diabeteksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — diabeteksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative diabeteksemme diabeteksemme
accusative nom. diabeteksemme diabeteksemme
gen. diabeteksemme
genitive diabeteksemme diabetestemme
diabeteksiemme
partitive diabetestamme diabeteksiamme
inessive diabeteksessamme diabeteksissamme
elative diabeteksestamme diabeteksistamme
illative diabetekseemme diabeteksiimme
adessive diabeteksellamme diabeteksillamme
ablative diabetekseltamme diabeteksiltamme
allative diabeteksellemme diabeteksillemme
essive diabeteksenamme diabeteksinamme
translative diabetekseksemme diabeteksiksemme
abessive diabeteksettamme diabeteksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — diabeteksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative diabeteksenne diabeteksenne
accusative nom. diabeteksenne diabeteksenne
gen. diabeteksenne
genitive diabeteksenne diabetestenne
diabeteksienne
partitive diabetestanne diabeteksianne
inessive diabeteksessanne diabeteksissanne
elative diabeteksestanne diabeteksistanne
illative diabetekseenne diabeteksiinne
adessive diabeteksellanne diabeteksillanne
ablative diabetekseltanne diabeteksiltanne
allative diabeteksellenne diabeteksillenne
essive diabeteksenanne diabeteksinanne
translative diabetekseksenne diabeteksiksenne
abessive diabeteksettanne diabeteksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — diabeteksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative diabeteksensa diabeteksensa
accusative nom. diabeteksensa diabeteksensa
gen. diabeteksensa
genitive diabeteksensa diabetestensa
diabeteksiensa
partitive diabetestaan
diabetestansa 		diabeteksiaan
diabeteksiansa
inessive diabeteksessaan
diabeteksessansa 		diabeteksissaan
diabeteksissansa
elative diabeteksestaan
diabeteksestansa 		diabeteksistaan
diabeteksistansa
illative diabetekseensa diabeteksiinsa
adessive diabeteksellaan
diabeteksellansa 		diabeteksillaan
diabeteksillansa
ablative diabetekseltaan
diabetekseltansa 		diabeteksiltaan
diabeteksiltansa
allative diabetekselleen
diabeteksellensa 		diabeteksilleen
diabeteksillensa
essive diabeteksenaan
diabeteksenansa 		diabeteksinaan
diabeteksinansa
translative diabeteksekseen
diabetekseksensa 		diabeteksikseen
diabeteksiksensa
abessive diabeteksettaan
diabeteksettansa 		diabeteksittaan
diabeteksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — diabeteksineen
diabeteksinensa

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Etymology edit

From Dutch diabetes, from Latin diabetes, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [diaˈbɛtəs] (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧bè‧tês

Noun edit

diabetes (first-person possessive diabetesku, second-person possessive diabetesmu, third-person possessive diabetesnya)

  1. (medicine) diabetes, a general term referring to any of various disorders characterized by excessive urination (polyuria).
  2. (medicine, colloquial) diabetes mellitus, a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia, especially after eating, classically characterized by excessive urination.
    Synonyms: diabetes melitus, penyakit kencing manis, penyakit gula

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Etymology edit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δῐᾰβήτης (diabḗtēs, “siphon; diabetes”), from δῐᾰβαίνω (diabaínō, “to step across, pass over”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

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diabētēs m (genitive diabētae); first declension

  1. a siphon
    Synonym: sīphō
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 3.10:
      Naturali enim spiritu omne alimentum virentis, quasi quaedam anima, per medullam trunci veluti per siphonem quem diabeten vocant mechanici, trahitur in summum: […]
      For by natural respiration all the nourishment of a green plant is drawn, as a sort of vital breath, into the highest point, passing through the pith of the stem as though through a siphon, which mechanics call diabetes; […]
  2. (New Latin, pathology) diabetes

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diabētēs diabētae
Genitive diabētae diabētārum
Dative diabētae diabētīs
Accusative diabētēn diabētās
Ablative diabētē diabētīs
Vocative diabētē diabētae

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Etymology edit

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /di.a.be.tes/, [dɪ.ɑ.ˈbeː.teːs]

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diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)

  1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

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References edit

“diabetes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

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diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)

  1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

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“diabetes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.tes/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.tes], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.tes/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.ɐˈbɛ.tɨʃ/ [di.ɐˈβɛ.tɨʃ], (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈbɛ.tɨʃ/ [djɐˈβɛ.tɨʃ]

  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes

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diabetes f or m (invariable)

  1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

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  • The gender of this Portuguese noun varies from speaker to speaker. Some use it as a masculine noun and others as a feminine noun.

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diabetes f pl or m pl

  1. plural of diabete

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /djaˈbetes/ [d̪jaˈβ̞e.t̪es]
  • Rhymes: -etes
  • Syllabification: dia‧be‧tes

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diabetes f (plural diabetes)

  1. diabetes

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diabetes c

  1. diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
    Synonym: (less common) sockersjuka

Declension edit

Declension of diabetes 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative diabetes diabetesen, diabetes — —
Genitive diabetes diabetesens, diabetes — —

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