epideemia
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Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin epidēmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]epideemia (genitive epideemia, partitive epideemiat)
- epidemic (a mass outbreak of an acute infectious disease)
- Synonym: taud
- (figuratively) a rapidly spreading (unpleasant) phenomenon
- Ülekaalu epideemia ei ole ainult ameeriklaste probleem. ― The epidemic of obesity is not only a problem for Americans.
- 1969 June, Paul Rummo, “Laulud nüüd lähevad”, in Looming, page 895:
- Viimasel ajal levib toretsevate saunade epideemia […]
- Lately, there's an epidemic of extravagant saunas spreading […]
Declension
[edit]Declension of epideemia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | epideemia | epideemiad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | epideemia | ||
genitive | epideemiate | ||
partitive | epideemiat | epideemiaid | |
illative | epideemiasse | epideemiatesse epideemiaisse | |
inessive | epideemias | epideemiates epideemiais | |
elative | epideemiast | epideemiatest epideemiaist | |
allative | epideemiale | epideemiatele epideemiaile | |
adessive | epideemial | epideemiatel epideemiail | |
ablative | epideemialt | epideemiatelt epideemiailt | |
translative | epideemiaks | epideemiateks epideemiaiks | |
terminative | epideemiani | epideemiateni | |
essive | epideemiana | epideemiatena | |
abessive | epideemiata | epideemiateta | |
comitative | epideemiaga | epideemiatega |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- epideemia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “epideemia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “epideemia”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Categories:
- Estonian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Estonian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/eːmiɑ
- Rhymes:Estonian/eːmiɑ/4 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with usage examples
- Estonian terms with quotations
- Estonian ohutu-type nominals
- et:Epidemiology