цинга

Inherited from Middle Russian цынга (cynga), цѣнга (cěnga), both att. 1608, further origin uncertain. Perhaps from rare Old Polish dzięgna (“stomatitis”) (att. in 15th-16th cc.).

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨnˈɡa]

цинга́ • (cingá) f inan (genitive цинги́, uncountable)

1. (pathology) scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C)

   Synonym: скорбу́т (skorbút)

• цинго́тный (cingótnyj)

• → Armenian: ցինգա (cʿinga)
• → Polish: cynga

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “цинга”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 370
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “цынга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress