олигофрения

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, few) +‎ Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, mind, soul) +‎ -ия (-ija, -ia, disease suffix).

Речник на българския език (Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik, Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language) states as the immediate etymon Latin oligofrenia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oliɡoˈfrɛnijɐ]

Noun

олигофре́ния • (oligofrénijaf

  1. (pathology) oligophrenia
  2. (derogatory) retardation, idiocy, stupidity; the state of being of a stupid person

Declension

Declension of олигофре́ния
singular plural
indefinite олигофре́ния
oligofrénija
олигофре́нии
oligofrénii
definite олигофре́нията
oligofrénijata
олигофре́ниите
oligofréniite

Coordinate terms

  • идиоти́зъм (idiotízǎm)

References

  • олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • олигофрения”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • олигофрения”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 566

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, few) +‎ Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, mind, soul) +‎ -ия (-ija, -ia, disease suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐlʲɪɡəfrʲɪˈnʲijə]

Noun

олигофрени́я • (oligofreníjaf inan (genitive олигофрени́и, nominative plural олигофрени́и, genitive plural олигофрени́й)

  1. (pathology) oligophrenia, mental deficiency, mental retardation
    Synonym: слабоу́мие (slaboúmije)

Declension