alkoholism
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Alkoholismus, Polish alkoholizm, or Russian алкоголизм (alkogolizm).
Noun
alkoholism (uncountable)
- (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of alcoholism.
- 1997 June 19, Klaus Günther Beck, “KZ-DEATH: PCHYSOMATIC DISEASE (NOT GAS)”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
- Yes, it is called alkoholism.
- 1998 February 25, Elzbieta Maslak, “Lonely drinking”, in rec.food.drink (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
- What do you think about lonely drinking. Is it a sign of alkoholism ?
- 1998 March 5, Bo Warming, “Moral Relativism: kz-Wilde and sado-masochism”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
- Diagnosis are said to be meningitis/alkoholism/syphilis/eardamage-from-fall-in-prison
- 1999 June 27, Micke Ionas, “American vs Russian”, in fido7.ru.talk.english (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:
- You're surely must know that americans mostly quiting smoking for now. And alkoholism is russian national problem.
Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
alkoholism (genitive alkoholismi, partitive alkoholismi)
Declension
| Declension of alkoholism (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | alkoholism | alkoholismid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | alkoholismi | ||
| genitive | alkoholismide | ||
| partitive | alkoholismi | alkoholisme alkoholismisid | |
| illative | alkoholismi alkoholismisse |
alkoholismidesse alkoholismesse | |
| inessive | alkoholismis | alkoholismides alkoholismes | |
| elative | alkoholismist | alkoholismidest alkoholismest | |
| allative | alkoholismile | alkoholismidele alkoholismele | |
| adessive | alkoholismil | alkoholismidel alkoholismel | |
| ablative | alkoholismilt | alkoholismidelt alkoholismelt | |
| translative | alkoholismiks | alkoholismideks alkoholismeks | |
| terminative | alkoholismini | alkoholismideni | |
| essive | alkoholismina | alkoholismidena | |
| abessive | alkoholismita | alkoholismideta | |
| comitative | alkoholismiga | alkoholismidega | |
References
- alkoholism in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “alkoholism”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Swedish
Etymology
From alkohol + -ism, coined by Swedish doctor Magnus Huss, along with New Latin alcoholismus.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
alkoholism c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | alkoholism | alkoholisms |
| definite | alkoholismen | alkoholismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
- alkohol
- alkoholist, alkis (clipped form)