водобоязнь

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From вода́ (vodá) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ боя́знь (bojáznʹ), a calque of Latin hydrophobia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vədəbɐˈjæzʲnʲ]

Noun edit

водобоя́знь (vodobojáznʹf inan (genitive водобоя́зни, uncountable)

  1. hydrophobia; rabies
    Synonym: гидрофо́бия (gidrofóbija)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “водобоязнь”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 69