Russian

edit

Etymology

edit

First attested in 1859. бе́лый (bélyj, white)-о- (-o-)кровь (krovʹ, blood)-ие (-ije), calque of New Latin leucaemia, from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, white) αἷμα (haîma, blood).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [bʲɪɫɐˈkrovʲɪje]

Noun

edit

белокро́вие (belokróvijen inan (genitive белокро́вия, nominative plural белокро́вия, genitive plural белокро́вий)

  1. leukemia
    Synonyms: алейкеми́я (alejkemíja), лейкеми́я (lejkemíja), лейко́з (lejkóz)

Declension

edit

References

edit
  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “белокровие”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 53