Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɪˈsʲtʲerʲɪkə]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed probably from French hystérique, from Latin hysterica passiō, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra), feminine of ὕστερος (hústeros), from Proto-Indo-European *udero-.[1][2]

Noun

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исте́рика (istérikaf inan (genitive исте́рики, nominative plural исте́рики, genitive plural исте́рик)

  1. hysterics
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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исте́рика (istérikam anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of исте́рик (istérik)

References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “истерика”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1539