epideemia

Estonian

Etymology

From German Epidemie, from Latin epidemia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯/, [epˑiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -eːmiɑ
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧dee‧mi‧a

Noun

epideemia (genitive epideemia, partitive epideemiat)

1. epidemic
   1. The sickening of a large number of individuals in a certain region due to any infectious disease.

      Ühtegi tõsist sammu epideemia tõkestamiseks pole astutud.

      No serious steps to thwart the epidemic have been taken.

   2. (figuratively) The rapid spread of an unpleasant, damaging 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 ..

Inflection

Declension of epideemia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		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

Synonyms

• taud

Derived terms

• epideemiline
• epidemioloogia
  • epidemioloog

References

• epideemia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)