beriberi

See also: béribéri, beribéri, and beri-beri

English

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

beriberi (usually uncountable, plural beriberis)

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

pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B

Burmese: ထုံနာစို (my) (htumnacui)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腳氣病 (zh), 脚气病 (zh) (jiǎoqìbìng), 軟腳 (zh), 软脚 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎo), 軟腳病 (zh), 软脚病 (zh) (ruǎnjiǎobìng)
Danish: beriberi
Dutch: beriberi (nl), rijstziekte
Finnish: beriberi (fi)
French: béribéri (fr) m
German: Beriberi (de) f

beriberi

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		—	—

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