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Bulgarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, soul”) + -ия (-ija, “-ia”, disease suffix).
Речник на българския език (Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik, “Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language”) states as the immediate etymon Latin oligofrenia.
Pronunciation
Noun
олигофре́ния • (oligofrénija) f
- (pathology) oligophrenia
- (derogatory) retardation, idiocy, stupidity; the state of being of a stupid person
Declension
Declension of олигофре́ния
Coordinate terms
References
- “олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “олигофрения”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 566