агония

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian аго́ния (agónija) and Polish agonia, in turn from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɡɔnijɐ]

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Noun

аго́ния • (agónija) f

1. agony, death pangs

Declension

Declension of аго́ния

	singular
indefinite	аго́ния agónija
definite	аго́нията agónijata

References

• “агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “агония”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аго̀ния”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4
• “агония”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɡonʲɪjə]

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Noun

аго́ния • (agónija) f inan (genitive аго́нии, nominative plural аго́нии, genitive plural аго́ний)

1. agony, death pangs

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	аго́ния agónija	аго́нии agónii
genitive	аго́нии agónii	аго́ний agónij
dative	аго́нии agónii	аго́ниям agónijam
accusative	аго́нию agóniju	аго́нии agónii
instrumental	аго́нией, аго́ниею agónijej, agónijeju	аго́ниями agónijami
prepositional	аго́нии agónii	аго́ниях agónijax

Descendants

• → Georgian: აგონია (agonia)