оспа

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Effectively an action noun of dialectal Bulgarian осипя (osipja, to secrete, to pour), from Proto-Slavic *osъpa.

The name of the disease comes from the papules caused by the Variola virus. For the semantic shift, compare Bulgarian оток (otok, edema, swelling) (from Bulgarian отичам (otičam, to flow out)).

Noun

о́спа (óspaf

  1. (dialectal) smallpox, variola
    Synonyms: шарка (šarka), сипаница (sipanica)

Declension

References

  • осъпꙑ in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “оспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 944

Northern Mansi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

оспа (ospa) (Sosva)

  1. smallpox
  2. color
    Synonym: хурип (hurip)

Declension

Inflection of оспа (ospa)
singular dual plural
nominative оспа (ospa) оспаг (ospag) оспат (ospat)
locative оспат (ospat) оспагт (ospagt) оспатт (ospatt)
lative оспан (ospan) оспагн (ospagn) оспатн (ospatn)
ablative оспаныл (ospanyl) оспагныл (ospagnyl) оспатныл (ospatnyl)
instrumental оспал (ospal) оспагтыл (ospagtyl) оспатыл (ospatyl)
translative оспаг (ospag) ―― ――
caritive оспата̄л (ospatāl) ―― ――
Possessive forms of оспа (ospa)
possessor single possession double possession multiple possession
1st person sing. оспам (ospam) оспагум (ospagum) оспанум (ospanum)
2nd person sing. оспан (ospan) оспагын (ospagyn) оспан (ospan)
3rd person sing. оспатэ (ospatè) оспаге (ospage) оспанэ (ospanè)
1st person dual оспаме̄н (ospamēn) оспагаме̄н (ospagamēn) оспанаме̄н (ospanamēn)
2nd person dual оспан (ospan) оспагы̄н (ospagȳn) оспаны̄н (ospanȳn)
3rd person dual оспатэ̄н (ospatè̄n) оспаге̄н (ospagēn) оспанэ̄н (ospanè̄n)
1st person plural оспав (ospav) оспагув (ospaguv) оспанув (ospanuv)
2nd person plural оспан (ospan) оспагы̄н (ospagȳn) оспаны̄н (ospanȳn)
3rd person plural оспаныл (ospanyl) оспаганыл (ospaganyl) оспананыл (ospananyl)

References

  • оспа”, in Northern Mansi-Hungarian dictionary, Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2023

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic осъпа (osŭpa), from Proto-Slavic *osъpa; related to сы́пать (sýpatʹ), сыпь (sypʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

о́спа (óspaf inan (genitive о́спы, nominative plural о́спы, genitive plural осп, relational adjective о́спенный)

  1. smallpox, variola
  2. chickenpox
  3. cowpox

Declension

Derived terms

Phrases

Descendants

  • Southern Altai: оспо (ospo)
  • Yakut: уоспа (uospa)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оспа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “оспа”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 608