rabies

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See also: rabiés and ràbies

English

A dog infected with rabies

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (rage, madness, fury). Doublet of rage.

Pronunciation

Noun

rabies (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
    Synonyms: (archaic) Arctic dog disease, hydrophobia, lyssa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: rabis
  • Danish: rabies
  • Malay: rabies
  • Norwegian: rabies
  • Swedish: rabies
  • Tagalog: rabis

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Danish

Noun

rabies c (singular definite rabiesen, not used in plural form)

  1. rabies

Declension

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English rabies).

Pronunciation

Noun

rabies

  1. (medicine) Synonym of vesikauhu

Declension

Inflection of rabies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative rabies rabiekset
genitive rabieksen rabiesten
rabieksien
partitive rabiesta rabieksia
illative rabiekseen rabieksiin
singular plural
nominative rabies rabiekset
accusative nom. rabies rabiekset
gen. rabieksen
genitive rabieksen rabiesten
rabieksien
partitive rabiesta rabieksia
inessive rabieksessa rabieksissa
elative rabieksesta rabieksista
illative rabiekseen rabieksiin
adessive rabieksella rabieksilla
ablative rabiekselta rabieksilta
allative rabiekselle rabieksille
essive rabieksena rabieksina
translative rabiekseksi rabieksiksi
abessive rabieksetta rabieksitta
instructive rabieksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rabies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rabiekseni rabiekseni
accusative nom. rabiekseni rabiekseni
gen. rabiekseni
genitive rabiekseni rabiesteni
rabieksieni
partitive rabiestani rabieksiani
inessive rabieksessani rabieksissani
elative rabieksestani rabieksistani
illative rabiekseeni rabieksiini
adessive rabieksellani rabieksillani
ablative rabiekseltani rabieksiltani
allative rabiekselleni rabieksilleni
essive rabieksenani rabieksinani
translative rabieksekseni rabieksikseni
abessive rabieksettani rabieksittani
instructive
comitative rabieksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative rabieksesi rabieksesi
accusative nom. rabieksesi rabieksesi
gen. rabieksesi
genitive rabieksesi rabiestesi
rabieksiesi
partitive rabiestasi rabieksiasi
inessive rabieksessasi rabieksissasi
elative rabieksestasi rabieksistasi
illative rabiekseesi rabieksiisi
adessive rabieksellasi rabieksillasi
ablative rabiekseltasi rabieksiltasi
allative rabieksellesi rabieksillesi
essive rabieksenasi rabieksinasi
translative rabiekseksesi rabieksiksesi
abessive rabieksettasi rabieksittasi
instructive
comitative rabieksinesi

Galician

Verb

rabies

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of rabiar

Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch rabiës, from Latin rabies (madness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ˈbi.ɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs, -s
  • Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧es

Noun

rabies

  1. (pathology, neurology) rabies: an infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
    Synonym: anjing gila

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rabiō +‎ -iēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

rabiēs f (genitive rabiēī); fifth declension

  1. rage
  2. madness

Declension

  • The genitive singular appears as rabiēs in Lucretius. The nominative, accusative and ablative singular are the only attested forms in Classical Latin.

Fifth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rabiēs rabiēs
genitive rabiēī rabiērum
dative rabiēī rabiēbus
accusative rabiem rabiēs
ablative rabiē rabiēbus
vocative rabiēs rabiēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Reflexes of the late variant rabia:

References

  • rabies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rabies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

rabies

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of rabiar

Swedish

Noun

rabies c (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) rabies
    Synonym: vattuskräck

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