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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
чу́ма • (čúma) f
- plague, pestilence; especially the Black Death
Declension
References
- “чума”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “чума”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
чума • (čuma) f
- plague (disease)
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чумы́, uncountable)
- plague, pestilence
- (specifically) the plague, the Black Death
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чума”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Etymology
Doublet of джу́ма (džúma).
Pronunciation
Noun
чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чуми́, uncountable)
- plague
Declension
Declension of чума́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)