beriberi

English

Alternative forms

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.

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Finnish

Alternative forms

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
abessive beriberittä
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of beriberi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative beriberini
accusative nom. beriberini
gen. beriberini
genitive beriberini
partitive beriberiäni
inessive beriberissäni
elative beriberistäni
illative beriberiini
adessive beriberilläni
ablative beriberiltäni
allative beriberilleni
essive beriberinäni
translative beriberikseni
abessive beriberittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative beriberisi
accusative nom. beriberisi
gen. beriberisi
genitive beriberisi
partitive beriberiäsi
inessive beriberissäsi
elative beriberistäsi
illative beriberiisi
adessive beriberilläsi
ablative beriberiltäsi
allative beriberillesi
essive beriberinäsi
translative beriberiksesi
abessive beriberittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative beriberimme
accusative nom. beriberimme
gen. beriberimme
genitive beriberimme
partitive beriberiämme
inessive beriberissämme
elative beriberistämme
illative beriberiimme
adessive beriberillämme
ablative beriberiltämme
allative beriberillemme
essive beriberinämme
translative beriberiksemme
abessive beriberittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative beriberinne
accusative nom. beriberinne
gen. beriberinne
genitive beriberinne
partitive beriberiänne
inessive beriberissänne
elative beriberistänne
illative beriberiinne
adessive beriberillänne
ablative beriberiltänne
allative beriberillenne
essive beriberinänne
translative beriberiksenne
abessive beriberittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative beriberinsä
accusative nom. beriberinsä
gen. beriberinsä
genitive beriberinsä
partitive beriberiään
beriberiänsä
inessive beriberissään
beriberissänsä
elative beriberistään
beriberistänsä
illative beriberiinsä
adessive beriberillään
beriberillänsä
ablative beriberiltään
beriberiltänsä
allative beriberilleen
beriberillensä
essive beriberinään
beriberinänsä
translative beriberikseen
beriberiksensä
abessive beriberittään
beriberittänsä
instructive
comitative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

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

  1. (pathology) beriberi

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

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

  1. (pathology) beriberi

References

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