химия
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See also: хімія
Bulgarian
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
Noun
хи́мия • (hímija) f (relational adjective хими́чески or хими́чен)
- chemistry
- (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.
- a chemistry textbook
- (figurative) chemistry (mutual attraction between two people)
Declension
| 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian хи́мия (xímija), from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía).
Pronunciation
Noun
химия • (ximiä)
Derived terms
Russian
Alternative forms
- хѵ́мія (xímija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
Noun
хи́мия • (xímija) f inan (genitive хи́мии, nominative plural хи́мии, genitive plural хи́мий, relational adjective хими́ческий)
- chemistry
- (colloquial) perm (hairstyle, short for хими́ческая зави́вка (ximíčeskaja zavívka))
- (colloquial) chemicals
- (colloquial) machinations, tricks
- (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
- (colloquial) contraction of химиотерапи́я (ximioterapíja)
Declension
Declension of хи́мия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- хими́ческий (ximíčeskij)
- химика́лии f pl (ximikálii)
- хи́мик m (xímik)
- хими́чить impf (ximíčitʹ)
Descendants
- → Kazakh: химия (ximiä)