химия

See also: хімія

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), probably influenced by other languages. Cognate to English alchemy and chemistry, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈximijɐ]

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• Syllabification^(key): хи‧ми‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): хи‧мия
• Rhymes: -imijɐ

Noun

хи́мия • (hímija) f (relational adjective хими́чески or хими́чен)

1. chemistry (scientific field and a subject)
2. (low colloquial, derogatory) something unnatural, a product of synthetic processes

   Днес всеки продукт съдържа някаква химия.

   Dnes vseki produkt sǎdǎrža njakakva himija.

   Nowadays, every product contains something unnatural.

3. (figurative, collective) anabolic substances (substances that enhance physical performance)
4. (figurative) chemistry (mutual attraction between two people)

Declension

Declension of хи́мия

	singular	plural
indefinite	хи́мия hímija	хи́мии hímii
definite	хи́мията hímijata	хи́миите hímiite

References

• “химия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “химия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	حيميا
Cyrillic	химия
Latin	ximia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хи́мия (xímija), from Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxʲimʲɪjə]

Noun

химия • (ximiä)

1. chemistry

Derived terms

• химиялық (ximiälyq)
• химияшы (ximiäşy)

Russian

Alternative forms

• хѵ́мія (xímija) — pre-1918 spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxʲimʲɪjə]

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Noun

хи́мия • (xímija) f inan (genitive хи́мии, nominative plural хи́мии, genitive plural хи́мий, relational adjective хими́ческий)

1. chemistry
2. (colloquial) perm (hairstyle, short for хими́ческая зави́вка (ximíčeskaja zavívka))
3. (colloquial) chemicals

   в э́тих овоща́х мно́го хи́мии ― v étix ovoščáx mnógo xímii ― these vegetables contain a lot of chemicals

4. (colloquial) machinations, tricks
5. (prison slang, Soviet Union from the 1960s, still in Belarus) construction work or other penal labour to which a convict (хи́мик (xímik)) is bound in place of detention proper
6. (colloquial) contraction of химиотерапи́я (ximioterapíja)

Declension

Declension of хи́мия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	хи́мия xímija	хи́мии xímii
genitive	хи́мии xímii	хи́мий xímij
dative	хи́мии xímii	хи́миям xímijam
accusative	хи́мию xímiju	хи́мии xímii
instrumental	хи́мией, хи́миею xímijej, xímijeju	хи́миями xímijami
prepositional	хи́мии xímii	хи́миях xímijax

Related terms

• хими́ческий (ximíčeskij)
• химика́лии f pl (ximikálii)
• хи́мик m (xímik)
• хими́чить impf (ximíčitʹ)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: химия (ximiä)