ностальгия

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Russian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, returning home) + ἄλγος (álgos, pain), translating German Heimweh.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nəstɐlʲˈɡʲijə]
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Noun

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ностальги́я (nostalʹgíjaf inan (genitive ностальги́и, nominative plural ностальги́и, genitive plural ностальги́й)

  1. nostalgia

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Johannes Hofer (1688) Dissertatio medica de nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (in Latin), Basel: Johann Jakob Harder, →DOI:Neque verò denomine deliberanti convenientuis occurrit, remque explicandam præciſius deſignans, quam Noſtalgias vocabulum, origine græcum, & quidem duabus ex vocibus compoſitum, quorum alterum Νόστος Reditum in Patriam, alterum Ἄλγος dolorem aut triſtitiam ſignificat: []