чума

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟mɐ]

Noun

чу́ма • (čúma) f

1. plague, pestilence; especially the Black Death

Declension

Declension of чу́ма

	singular	plural
indefinite	чу́ма čúma	чу́ми čúmi
definite	чу́мата čúmata	чу́мите čúmite

References

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

Anagrams

• муча (muča)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuma]

Noun

чума • (čuma) f

1. plague (disease)

Declension

Declension of чума

	singular	plural
indefinite	чума	чуми
definite unspecified	чумата	чумите
definite proximal	чумава	чумиве
definite distal	чумана	чумине
vocative	чумо	чуми

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊˈma]

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Noun

чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чумы́, uncountable)

1. plague, pestilence
2. (specifically) the plague, the Black Death

Declension

Declension of чума́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	чума́ čumá
genitive	чумы́ čumý
dative	чуме́ čumé
accusative	чуму́ čumú
instrumental	чумо́й, чумо́ю čumój, čumóju
prepositional	чуме́ čumé

Related terms

• чу́мка (čúmka)
• чумно́й (čumnój), чумово́й (čumovój)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чума”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Doublet of джу́ма (džúma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʊˈma]

• Audio

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Noun

чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чуми́, uncountable)

1. plague

Declension

Declension of чума́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	чума́ čumá
genitive	чуми́ čumý
dative	чумі́ čumí
accusative	чуму́ čumú
instrumental	чумо́ю čumóju
locative	чумі́ čumí
vocative	чу́мо čúmo