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Lepra
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Lepra
lepra
lepra
See also: Lepra
English
Noun
lepra (uncountable)
Usage notes
- This term was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: le‧pra
Noun
lepra m (uncountable)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Finnish
(index le)
Noun
lepra
Declension
| Inflection of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lepra | — | |
| genitive | lepran | — | |
| partitive | lepraa | — | |
| illative | lepraan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lepra | — | |
| accusative | nom. | lepra | — |
| gen. | lepran | ||
| genitive | lepran | — | |
| partitive | lepraa | — | |
| inessive | leprassa | — | |
| elative | leprasta | — | |
| illative | lepraan | — | |
| adessive | lepralla | — | |
| ablative | lepralta | — | |
| allative | lepralle | — | |
| essive | leprana | — | |
| translative | lepraksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | lepratta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛprɒ]
- Hyphenation: lep‧ra
Adjective
lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)
- (slang) stinking (very bad)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lepra | leprák |
| accusative | leprát | leprákat |
| dative | leprának | lepráknak |
| instrumental | leprával | leprákkal |
| causal-final | lepráért | leprákért |
| translative | leprává | leprákká |
| terminative | lepráig | leprákig |
| essive-formal | lepraként | leprákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | leprában | leprákban |
| superessive | leprán | leprákon |
| adessive | lepránál | lepráknál |
| illative | leprába | leprákba |
| sublative | leprára | leprákra |
| allative | leprához | leprákhoz |
| elative | leprából | leprákból |
| delative | lepráról | leprákról |
| ablative | leprától | lepráktól |
Noun
lepra (plural leprák)
- leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lepra | leprák |
| accusative | leprát | leprákat |
| dative | leprának | lepráknak |
| instrumental | leprával | leprákkal |
| causal-final | lepráért | leprákért |
| translative | leprává | leprákká |
| terminative | lepráig | leprákig |
| essive-formal | lepraként | leprákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | leprában | leprákban |
| superessive | leprán | leprákon |
| adessive | lepránál | lepráknál |
| illative | leprába | leprákba |
| sublative | leprára | leprákra |
| allative | leprához | leprákhoz |
| elative | leprából | leprákból |
| delative | lepráról | leprákról |
| ablative | leprától | lepráktól |
| Possessive forms of lepra | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | leprám | lepráim |
| 2nd person sing. | leprád | lepráid |
| 3rd person sing. | leprája | leprái |
| 1st person plural | lepránk | lepráink |
| 2nd person plural | leprátok | lepráitok |
| 3rd person plural | leprájuk | lepráik |
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.pra/
Noun
lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension
Usage notes
This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lepra | leprae |
| genitive | leprae | leprārum |
| dative | leprae | leprīs |
| accusative | lepram | leprās |
| ablative | leprā | leprīs |
| vocative | lepra | leprae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- lepra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lepra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Polish
Noun
lepra f
Declension
declension of lepra
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lepra f (uncountable)
- leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
Synonyms
- mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase
Related terms
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