epideemia

Estonian

Etymology

From German Epidemie, from Latin epidemia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /epiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯/, [epˑiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯]
  • Rhymes: -eːmiɑ
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧dee‧mi‧a

Noun

epideemia (genitive epideemia, partitive epideemiat)

  1. epidemic
    1. The sickening of a large number of individuals in a certain region due to any infectious disease.
      Ühtegi tõsist sammu epideemia tõkestamiseks pole astutud.
      No serious steps to thwart the epidemic have been taken.
    2. (figuratively) The rapid spread of an unpleasant, damaging phenomenon.
      Ülekaalu epideemia ei ole ainult ameeriklaste probleem.
      The epidemic of obesity is not only a problem for Americans.
      • 1969 June, Paul Rummo, “Laulud nüüd lähevad”, in Looming, page 895:
        Viimasel ajal levib toretsevate saunade epideemia ..
        Lately, there's an epidemic of extravagant saunas spreading ..

Inflection
Declension of epideemia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative epideemia epideemiad
accusative nom.
gen. epideemia
genitive epideemiate
partitive epideemiat epideemiaid
illative epideemiasse epideemiatesse
epideemiaisse
inessive epideemias epideemiates
epideemiais
elative epideemiast epideemiatest
epideemiaist
allative epideemiale epideemiatele
epideemiaile
adessive epideemial epideemiatel
epideemiail
ablative epideemialt epideemiatelt
epideemiailt
translative epideemiaks epideemiateks
epideemiaiks
terminative epideemiani epideemiateni
essive epideemiana epideemiatena
abessive epideemiata epideemiateta
comitative epideemiaga epideemiatega

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