ностальгия

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), translating German Heimweh.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nəstɐlʲˈɡʲijə]
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Noun

ностальги́я • (nostalʹgíja) f inan (genitive ностальги́и, nominative plural ностальги́и, genitive plural ностальги́й)

  1. nostalgia

Declension

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References
  1. Johannes Hofer (1688) Dissertatio medica de nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (in Latin), Basel: Johann Jakob Harder, →DOI: “Neque verò denomine deliberanti convenientuis occurrit, remque explicandam præciſius deſignans, quam Noſtalgias vocabulum, origine græcum, & quidem duabus ex vocibus compoſitum, quorum alterum Νόστος Reditum in Patriam, alterum Ἄλγος dolorem aut triſtitiam ſignificat: […] ”
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