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)

1. (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 (bn) (beriberi)
• Bulgarian: бери-бери f (beri-beri)
• Burmese: ထုံနာစို (my) (htumnacui)
• Catalan: beri-beri m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 腳氣病／脚气病 (goek³ hei³ beng⁶)

  Hokkien: 腳氣病／脚气病 (kha-khì-pēⁿ)

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

• 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)
• Odia: 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

See also

• athlete's foot
• malnutrition
• beriberi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

1. (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	—
	gen.	beriberin
genitive		beriberin	—
partitive		beriberiä	—
inessive		beriberissä	—
elative		beriberistä	—
illative		beriberiin	—
adessive		beriberillä	—
ablative		beriberiltä	—
allative		beriberille	—
essive		beriberinä	—
translative		beriberiksi	—
abessive		beriberittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of beriberi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative beriberini — accusative nom. beriberini — gen. beriberini genitive beriberini — partitive beriberiäni — inessive beriberissäni — elative beriberistäni — illative beriberiini — adessive beriberilläni — ablative beriberiltäni — allative beriberilleni — essive beriberinäni — translative beriberikseni — abessive beriberittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative beriberisi — accusative nom. beriberisi — gen. beriberisi genitive beriberisi — partitive beriberiäsi — inessive beriberissäsi — elative beriberistäsi — illative beriberiisi — adessive beriberilläsi — ablative beriberiltäsi — allative beriberillesi — essive beriberinäsi — translative beriberiksesi — abessive beriberittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative beriberimme — accusative nom. beriberimme — gen. beriberimme genitive beriberimme — partitive beriberiämme — inessive beriberissämme — elative beriberistämme — illative beriberiimme — adessive beriberillämme — ablative beriberiltämme — allative beriberillemme — essive beriberinämme — translative beriberiksemme — abessive beriberittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative beriberinne — accusative nom. beriberinne — gen. beriberinne genitive beriberinne — partitive beriberiänne — inessive beriberissänne — elative beriberistänne — illative beriberiinne — adessive beriberillänne — ablative beriberiltänne — allative beriberillenne — essive beriberinänne — translative beriberiksenne — abessive beriberittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative beriberinsä — accusative nom. beriberinsä — gen. beriberinsä genitive beriberinsä — partitive beriberiään beriberiänsä — inessive beriberissään beriberissänsä — elative beriberistään beriberistänsä — illative beriberiinsä — adessive beriberillään beriberillänsä — ablative beriberiltään beriberiltänsä — allative beriberilleen beriberillensä — essive beriberinään beriberinänsä — translative beriberikseen beriberiksensä — abessive beriberittään beriberittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Through English from Sinhalese.

Noun

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

1. (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)

1. (pathology) beriberi

References

• “beriberi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.