алергия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allergie, coined in the 20th century on the basis of Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “foreign”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlɛrɡijɐ]

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Noun

але́ргия • (alérgija) f

1. (pathology) allergy (vigorous immune response to irritant substances (allergens) which cannot be processed by the body)

Declension

Declension of але́ргия

	singular	plural
indefinite	але́ргия alérgija	але́ргии alérgii
definite	але́ргията alérgijata	але́ргиите alérgiite

Related terms

• енергия (energija, “energy”)

References

• “алергия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Anagrams

• галерия (galerija)