melancholia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of melancholy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊliə
Noun[edit]
melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)
- Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
- Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness
- (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
melancholia f
Declension[edit]
Declension of melancholia
singular | plural | |
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nominative | melancholia | melancholie |
genitive | melancholii | melancholii/melancholij (archaic) |
dative | melancholii | melancholiom |
accusative | melancholię | melancholie |
instrumental | melancholią | melancholiami |
locative | melancholii | melancholiach |
vocative | melancholio | melancholie |
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Further reading[edit]
- melancholia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- melancholia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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