олигофрения

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) +‎ Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, soul”) +‎ -ия (-ija, “-ia”, disease suffix).

Речник на българския език (Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik, “Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language”) states as the immediate etymon Latin oligofrenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oliɡoˈfrɛnijɐ]

Noun

олигофре́ния • (oligofrénija) f

1. (pathology) oligophrenia
2. (derogatory) retardation, idiocy, stupidity; the state of being of a stupid person

Declension

Declension of олигофре́ния

	singular	plural
indefinite	олигофре́ния oligofrénija	олигофре́нии oligofrénii
definite	олигофре́нията oligofrénijata	олигофре́ниите oligofréniite

Coordinate terms

• идиоти́зъм (idiotízǎm)

Related terms

• олигофре́н (oligofrén)

References

• “олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “олигофрения”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 566