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
Declension of ностальги́я (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ностальги́я
nostalʹgíja		 ностальги́и
nostalʹgíi
genitive ностальги́и
nostalʹgíi		 ностальги́й
nostalʹgíj
dative ностальги́и
nostalʹgíi		 ностальги́ям
nostalʹgíjam
accusative ностальги́ю
nostalʹgíju		 ностальги́и
nostalʹgíi
instrumental ностальги́ей, ностальги́ею
nostalʹgíjej, nostalʹgíjeju		 ностальги́ями
nostalʹgíjami
prepositional ностальги́и
nostalʹgíi		 ностальги́ях
nostalʹgíjax

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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