зараза

From Proto-Slavic *zaraza.

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зара́за • (zaráza) f (relational adjective зара́зен)

1. (pathology) contagion, infection
2. (by extension) pathogen (cause of infection)
3. (figurative) addictive activity, contagious habit

• заразя (zarazja), заразявам (zarazjavam, “to infect with disease, to contaminate”)
  • заразител (zarazitel, “contaminant”)

• режа (reža, “to cut, to slice”)
• поражение (poraženie, “injury, damage, defeat”)

• “зараза”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зараза”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 607

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaraza.

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зараза • (zaraza) f (relational adjective заразен)

1. contagion
2. (slang) an addictive activity, a contagious habit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaraza.

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зара́за • (zaráza) f inan or f anim (genitive зара́зы, nominative plural зара́зы, genitive plural зара́з)

1. (inanimate) infection, contagion, pest
2. (animate) scumbag, bastard

зара́за • (zaráza) m

1. damn it

• зарази́тельный (zarazítelʹnyj)
• заража́ть (zaražátʹ)
• заража́ться (zaražátʹsja)
• зара́зный (zaráznyj)
• обеззара́живать (obezzaráživatʹ)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaraza.

• IPA^(key): /zâːraza/
• Hyphenation: за‧ра‧за

за̑раза f (Latin spelling zȃraza)

1. contagion
2. infection

From Proto-Slavic *zaraza. Analyzable as a deverbal from зарази́ти (zarazýty).

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зара́за • (zaráza) f inan (genitive зара́зи, nominative plural зара́зи, genitive plural зара́з)

1. infection, contagion

   Synonyms: інфе́кція f (infékcija), зара́ження n (zarážennja)

• заразник (zaraznyk, “a pest”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зараза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “зараза”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зараза”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “зараза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зараза”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)