apabóla
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From api (“mokey”) + bóla (“bubble”), analogous to hlaupabóla (“chickenpox, varicella”), kúabóla (“cowpox”).
Noun[edit]
apabóla f (genitive singular apabólu, nominative plural apabólur)
- (virology) mpox, monkeypox
- 2003 June 10, “Apabóla kemur upp vestra [Monkeypox appear in the West]”, in Morgunblaðið[1]:
- TALIÐ er að 33 menn í þremur af miðversturríkjum Bandaríkjanna kunni að hafa smitast af svonefndri apabólu, sjúkdómi sem er skyldur bólusott og getur verið banvænn.
- It is believed that 33 people in three Midwestern US states may have contracted the so-called monkeypox, a disease which is related to smallpox and can be deadly.
- 2023 February 15, “Apabóla”, in Heilsuvera (National Citizen Health Portal)[2]:
- Apabóla (e. monkeypox) er sjaldgæfur veirusjúkdómur sem getur smitast á milli manna.
- Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that can be transmitted from person to person.
Declension[edit]
declension of apabóla
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | apabóla | apabólan | apabólur | apabólurnar |
| accusative | apabólu | apabóluna | apabólur | apabólurnar |
| dative | apabólu | apabólunni | apabólum | apabólunum |
| genitive | apabólu | apabólunnar | apabóla | apabólanna |
Derived terms[edit]
- apabóluveira (“mpox virus, monkeypox virus”)
- apabóluvírus (“mpox virus, monkeypox virus”)
- apabólufaraldur (“mpox epidemic, monkeypox epidemic”)
Collocations[edit]
- að fá apabólu ― to get mpox/monkeypox, to catch mpox/monkeypox
- að smitast af apabólu ― to contract mpox/monkeypox, to get infected with mpox/monkeypox