тения

Bulgarian

Говежда тения

Рибна тения

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taenia (“tape”), called so due to the oblong shape of the worm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnijɐ]

Noun

те́ния • (ténija) f (relational adjective те́ниев)

1. tapeworm, taenia (parasitic flatworm of family Taeniidae)
2. (by generalization) cestode (any flatworm of class Cestoda)

   Synonym: ле́нтъчен че́рвей (léntǎčen čérvej)

3. (by extension) disease caused by infection with tapeworms

Declension

Declension of те́ния

	singular	plural
indefinite	те́ния ténija	те́нии ténii
definite	те́нията ténijata	те́ниите téniite

Hyponyms

• сви́нска те́ния (svínska ténija, “pork tapeworm (Taenia solium”)
• гове́жда те́ния (govéžda ténija, “beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata”)
• о́вча те́ния (óvča ténija, “sheep tapeworm (Moniezia expansa”)
• ку́чешка те́ния (kúčeška ténija, “dog tapeworm (Echinococcus)”)
• ри́бна те́ния (ríbna ténija, “fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium)”)

References

• “тения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010