агония
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian аго́ния (agónija) and Polish agonia, in turn from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
аго́ния • (agónija) f
Declension
Declension of аго́ния
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | аго́ния agónija |
| definite | аго́нията agónijata |
References
- “агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аго̀ния”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
- “агония”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18
Russian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
аго́ния • (agónija) f inan (genitive аго́нии, nominative plural аго́нии, genitive plural аго́ний)
Declension
Declension of аго́ния (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
Descendants
- → Georgian: აგონია (agonia)