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)

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

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