агония

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аго́ния (agónija) and Polish agonia, in turn from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, emulation, competition, struggle).

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Noun

аго́ния (agónijaf

  1. agony, death pangs

Declension

Declension of аго́ния
singular
indefinite аго́ния
agónija
definite аго́нията
agónijata

References

  • агония”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • агония”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аго̀ния”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
  • агония”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18

Russian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, emulation, competition, struggle).

Pronunciation

Noun

аго́ния (agónijaf inan (genitive аго́нии, nominative plural аго́нии, genitive plural аго́ний)

  1. agony, death pangs
    • 1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Выморочный”, in Господа Головлёвы, Санкт-Петербург: Отечественные записки; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      Аго́ния Иу́душки начала́сь с того́, что ресу́рс праздносло́вия, кото́рым он до сих по́р так охо́тно злоупотребля́л, стал ви́димо сокраща́ться.
      Agónija Iúduški načalásʹ s tovó, što resúrs prazdnoslóvija, kotórym on do six pór tak oxótno zloupotrebljál, stal vídimo sokraščátʹsja.
      The final agony of Judas began when the opportunities to engage in prattle, which till now he had so happily exploited, began noticeably to contract.

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: აგონია (agonia)