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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See also

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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