чума
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чу́ма • (čúma) f
- plague, pestilence; especially the Black Death
Declension edit
Declension of чу́ма
References edit
- “чума”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “чума”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams edit
- муча (muča)
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чума • (čuma) f
- plague (disease)
Declension edit
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чумы́, uncountable)
- plague, pestilence
- (specifically) the plague, the Black Death
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чума”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чуми́, uncountable)