тения

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Bulgarian

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Говежда тения
Рибна тения

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taenia (tape), called so due to the oblong shape of the worm.

Pronunciation

Noun

те́ния (ténijaf (relational adjective те́ниев)

  1. tapeworm, taenia (parasitic flatworm of family Taeniidae)
  2. (by generalization) cestode (any flatworm of class Cestoda)
    Synonym: ле́нтъчен че́рвей (léntǎčen čérvej)
  3. (by extension) disease caused by infection with tapeworms

Declension

Declension of те́ния
singular plural
indefinite те́ния
ténija
те́нии
ténii
definite те́нията
ténijata
те́ниите
téniite

Hyponyms

References

  • тения”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • тения”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010