beriberi

See also: béribéri, beribéri, and beri-beri

English

Alternative forms

beri-beri

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”) due to weakness.

Noun

beriberi (usually uncountable, plural beriberis)

(pathology) An ailment caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), leading to lethargy and organ complications.

Synonyms

endemic neuritis
kakke

Derived terms

beriberoid
dry beriberi
wet beriberi

Translations

pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B

Armenian: բերի-բերի (hy) (beri-beri)
Azerbaijani: beri-beri
Belarusian: бе́ры-бе́ры f (bjéry-bjéry)
Bengali: বেরিবেরি (beriberi)
Bulgarian: бери-бери f (beri-beri)
Burmese: ထုံနာစို (my) (htumnacui)
Catalan: beri-beri m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腳氣病 (goek³ hei³ beng⁶)

Mandarin: 腳氣病／脚气病 (zh) (jiǎoqìbìng), 軟腳／软脚 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎo), 軟腳病／软脚病 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎobìng)

Min Nan: 腳氣病 (kha-khì-pēⁿ)
Danish: beriberi c
Dutch: beriberi (nl) m or f, rijstziekte
Esperanto: beribero
Finnish: beriberi (fi)
French: béribéri (fr) m
Georgian: ბერი-ბერი (beri-beri)
German: Beriberi (de) f
Greek: μπέρι μπέρι (el) n (béri béri)
Hindi: बेरीबेरी (berīberī)
Ido: beriberio (io)
Indonesian: beri-beri
Japanese: 脚気 (ja) (かっけ, kakke)
Kazakh: бери-бери (beri-beri)
Korean: 각기병 (gakgibyeong)
Macedonian: бери-бери n (beri-beri)
Oriya: ବେରିବେରି (or) (beriberi)
Polish: beri-beri (pl) n
Portuguese: beribéri (pt) m
Russian: бе́ри-бе́ри (ru) f (béri-béri)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: берибѐри m

Roman: beribèri (sh) m
Spanish: beriberi m
Swedish: beriberi (sv) c
Tagalog: pamamanas
Tajik: бе́ри-бе́ри (béri-béri)
Tamil: பெரிபெரி (periperi)
Telugu: బెరిబెరి (beriberi)
Thai: โรคเหน็บชา (rôhk nèp chaa)
Ukrainian: бері-бері (uk) f (beri-beri)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: бери-бери (uz) (beri-beri)

Roman: beri-beri

Finnish

Alternative forms

beri-beri (archaic)

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

(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	—
accusative	gen.	beriberin	—
genitive		beriberin	—
partitive		beriberiä	—
inessive		beriberissä	—
elative		beriberistä	—
illative		beriberiin	—
adessive		beriberillä	—
ablative		beriberiltä	—
allative		beriberille	—
essive		beriberinä	—
translative		beriberiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		beriberittä	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of beriberi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	beriberini	beriberimme
2nd person	beriberisi	beriberinne
3rd person	beriberinsä

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

beriberi m (definite singular beriberien, indefinite plural beriberier, definite plural beriberiene)

(pathology) beriberi

References

“beriberi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

beriberi m (definite singular beriberien, indefinite plural beriberiar, definite plural beriberiane)

(pathology) beriberi

References

“beriberi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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