beriberi

beriberi

See also: béribéri, beribéri, and beri-beri

English

Alternative forms

• beri-beri

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”) due to weakness.

Noun

beriberi (usually uncountable, plural beriberis)

1. (pathology) An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.

Synonyms

• endemic neuritis
• kakke

Derived terms

• beriberoid
• dry beriberi
• wet beriberi

Translations

pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B

Armenian: բերի-բերի (hy) (beri-beri) Azerbaijani: beri-beri Belarusian: бе́ры-бе́ры f (bjéry-bjéry) Bengali: বেরিবেরি (beriberi) Bulgarian: бери-бери f (beri-beri) Burmese: ထုံနာစို (my) (htumnacui) Catalan: beri-beri m Chinese: Cantonese: 腳氣病 (goek3 hei3 beng6) Mandarin: 腳氣病／脚气病 (zh) (jiǎoqìbìng), 軟腳／软脚 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎo), 軟腳病／软脚病 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎobìng) Min Nan: 腳氣病 (kha-khì-pēⁿ) Danish: beriberi c Dutch: beriberi (nl) m or f, rijstziekte Esperanto: beribero Finnish: beriberi (fi) French: béribéri (fr) m Georgian: ბერი-ბერი (beri-beri) German: Beriberi (de) f Greek: μπέρι μπέρι (el) n (béri béri) Hindi: बेरीबेरी (berīberī) Ido: beriberio (io) Indonesian: beri-beri Japanese: 脚気 (ja) (かっけ, kakke) Kazakh: бери-бери (beri-beri) Korean: 각기병 (gakgibyeong) Macedonian: бери-бери n (beri-beri) Oriya: ବେରିବେରି (or) (beriberi) Polish: beri-beri (pl) n Portuguese: beribéri (pt) m Russian: бе́ри-бе́ри (ru) f (béri-béri) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: берибѐри m Roman: beribèri (sh) m Spanish: beriberi m Swedish: beriberi (sv) c Tagalog: pamamanas Tajik: бе́ри-бе́ри (béri-béri) Tamil: பெரிபெரி (periperi) Telugu: బెరిబెరి (beriberi) Thai: โรคเหน็บชา (rôhk nèp chaa) Ukrainian: бері-бері (uk) f (beri-beri) Uzbek: Cyrillic: бери-бери (uz) (beri-beri) Roman: beri-beri

See also

• athlete's foot
• malnutrition
• beriberi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• beri-beri (archaic)

Etymology

From English beriberi, from Sinhalese බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberiberi/, [ˈbe̞riˌbe̞ri]
• Rhymes: -eri
• Syllabification^(key): be‧ri‧be‧ri

Noun

beriberi

1. (pathology) beriberi

Declension

Inflection of beriberi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		beriberi	—
genitive		beriberin	—
partitive		beriberiä	—
illative		beriberiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		beriberi	—
accusative	nom.	beriberi	—
	gen.	beriberin
genitive		beriberin	—
partitive		beriberiä	—
inessive		beriberissä	—
elative		beriberistä	—
illative		beriberiin	—
adessive		beriberillä	—
ablative		beriberiltä	—
allative		beriberille	—
essive		beriberinä	—
translative		beriberiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		beriberittä	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of beriberi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	beriberini	beriberimme
2nd person	beriberisi	beriberinne
3rd person	beriberinsä

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

beriberi m (definite singular beriberien, indefinite plural beriberier, definite plural beriberiene)

1. (pathology) beriberi

References

• “beriberi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

beriberi m (definite singular beriberien, indefinite plural beriberiar, definite plural beriberiane)

1. (pathology) beriberi

References

• “beriberi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.