malārija
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Italian mala aria (“bad air”).
Pronunciation
Noun
malārija f (4th declension)
- malaria (a disease characterized by fever attacks, caused by a parasitic protozoan, Plasmodium sp., spread by mosquitoes)
- malārijas plazmodiji ― malaria Plasmodium parasites
- malārijas odi, malārijodi ― malaria mosquitoes (Anopheles)
- kā zināms, pēc dizentērijas malārija ir visvairāk izplatītā tropiskā slimība ― as is well known, malaria is the most widespread tropical disease after dysentery
Declension
Declension of malārija (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | malārija | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | malāriju | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | malārijas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | malārijai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | malāriju | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | malārijā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | malārija | — |