letargie
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Czech
Etymology
From late Latin lēthargia, from Ancient Greek ληθαργία (lēthargía, “drowsiness”), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”). This is a compound of λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion”) and ἀργός (argós, “idle”), which consists of negative prefix ἀ- (a-) and noun ἔργον (érgon, “deed, work”). [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
letargie f
- (pathology) Lethargy (pathological drowsiness)
- (psychology) Lethargy (apathy, lack of emotions and interest)
- (nuclear physics) Lethargy (quantity characterizing the rate of decelaration of neutrons)
Declension
Declension of letargie (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | letargie | letargie |
| genitive | letargie | letargií |
| dative | letargii | letargiím |
| accusative | letargii | letargie |
| vocative | letargie | letargie |
| locative | letargii | letargiích |
| instrumental | letargií | letargiemi |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “letargie”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 375
Further reading
- “letargie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “letargie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “letargie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Italian
Noun
letargie f
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French léthargie.
Noun
letargie f (plural letargii)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | letargie | letargia | letargii | letargiile | |
| genitive-dative | letargii | letargiei | letargii | letargiilor | |
| vocative | letargie, letargio | letargiilor | |||