оспа
Bulgarian
Etymology
Effectively an action noun of dialectal Bulgarian осипя (osipja, “to secrete, to pour”), from Proto-Slavic *osъpa.
The name of the disease comes from the papules caused by the Variola virus. For the semantic shift, compare Bulgarian оток (otok, “edema, swelling”) (from Bulgarian отичам (otičam, “to flow out”)).
Noun
о́спа • (óspa) f
- (dialectal) smallpox, variola
- Synonyms: шарка (šarka), сипаница (sipanica)
Declension
Declension of о́спа
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | о́спа óspa |
| definite | о́спата óspata |
Related terms
- сипя (sipja), сипвам (sipvam, “to pour, to spew”)
- осип (osip, “rash, papule”)
References
- осъпꙑ in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “оспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 944
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic осъпа (osŭpa), from Proto-Slavic *osъpa; related to сы́пать (sýpatʹ), сыпь (sypʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈospə]
Noun
о́спа • (óspa) f inan (genitive о́спы, nominative plural о́спы, genitive plural осп)
- smallpox, variola
- chickenpox
- cowpox
Declension
Declension of о́спа (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | о́спа óspa | о́спы óspy |
| genitive | о́спы óspy | о́сп ósp |
| dative | о́спе óspe | о́спам óspam |
| accusative | о́спу óspu | о́спы óspy |
| instrumental | о́спой, о́спою óspoj, óspoju | о́спами óspami |
| prepositional | о́спе óspe | о́спах óspax |
Descendants
- → Southern Altai: оспо (ospo)
- → Yakut: уоспа (uospa)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “оспа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress