заболевание

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Russian

Etymology

заболева́ть (zabolevátʹ) +‎ -а́ние (-ánije)

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Noun

заболева́ние (zabolevánijen inan (genitive заболева́ния, nominative plural заболева́ния, genitive plural заболева́ний)

  1. disease, sickness, illness
    Synonyms: неду́г (nedúg), боле́знь (boléznʹ)
    • 1970, Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам (Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam), Воспоминания, chapter 18, "Профессия и болезнь ", New York: Chekhov Publishing House, page 74; translated as Max Hayward, transl., Hope Against Hope, New York: Atheneum, 1970, page 70:
      Мне ка́жется, что для поэ́та слуховы́е галлюцина́ции явля́ются чем-то вро́де профессиона́льного заболева́ния.
      Mne kážetsja, što dlja poéta sluxovýje galljucinácii javljájutsja čem-to vróde professionálʹnovo zabolevánija.
      I imagine that for a poet auditory hallucinations are something in the nature of an occupational disease.

Declension