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Russian
Etymology
From вода́ (vodá) + -о- (-o-) + боя́знь (bojáznʹ), a calque of Latin hydrophobia.
Pronunciation
Noun
водобоя́знь • (vodobojáznʹ) f inan (genitive водобоя́зни, uncountable)
- hydrophobia; rabies
- Synonym: гидрофо́бия (gidrofóbija)
Declension
References
- Arapova, N. S. (2000) “водобоязнь”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 69