химия

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See also: хімія

Bulgarian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, art of alloying metals), probably influenced by other languages. Cognate to English alchemy and chemistry, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • Syllabification(key): хи‧ми‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): хи‧мия
  • Rhymes: -imijɐ

Noun

хи́мия (hímijaf (relational adjective хими́чески or хими́чен)

  1. chemistry
  2. (low colloquial, derogatory) something unnatural, the product of synthetic chemical processes
    –Няма ли да пиеш лекарство? –Ъ, това е все химия! Няма да пия.
    –Njama li da pieš lekarstvo? –Ǎ, tova e vse himija! Njama da pija.
    –Aren't you going to take some medicine? –Hmph, it's all chemistry! No, I won't.
  3. a chemistry textbook
  4. (figurative) chemistry (mutual attraction between two people)

Declension

Declension of хи́мия
singular plural
indefinite хи́мия
hímija
хи́мии
hímii
definite хи́мията
hímijata
хи́миите
hímiite

References

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

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic حيميا
Cyrillic химия
Latin ximia
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хи́мия (xímija), from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía).

Pronunciation

Noun

химия (ximiä)

  1. chemistry

Derived terms

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

хи́мия (xímijaf inan (genitive хи́мии, nominative plural хи́мии, genitive plural хи́мий, relational adjective хими́ческий)

  1. chemistry
  2. (colloquial) perm (hairstyle, short for хими́ческая зави́вка (ximíčeskaja zavívka))
  3. (colloquial) chemicals
    в э́тих овоща́х мно́го хи́мииv étix ovoščáx mnógo xímiithese vegetables contain a lot of chemicals
  4. (colloquial) machinations, tricks
  5. (prison slang, Soviet Union from the 1960s, still in Belarus) construction work or other penal labour to which a convict (хи́мик (xímik)) is bound in place of detention proper
  6. (colloquial) contraction of химиотерапи́я (ximioterapíja)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: химия (ximiä)