чума

Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟mə]

чу́ма • (čúma) f

1. plague, pestilence; especially the Black Death

• чума in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• чума in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

From Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cyma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuma]

чума • (čuma) f

1. plague (disease)

Borrowed from Romanian ciumă, probably from Latin cyma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊˈma]

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чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чумы́, uncountable)

1. plague, pestilence
2. (specifically) the plague, the Black Death

• чу́мка (čúmka)
• чумно́й (čumnój), чумово́й (čumovój)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чума”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Doublet of джу́ма (džúma).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʊˈma]

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чума́ • (čumá) f inan (genitive чуми́, uncountable)

1. plague