scurvy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskɜːvi/
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• General-American: /ˈskɜɹvi/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)vi
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The adjective is derived from Late Middle English scurvi, scurvy, variants of scurfi (“having scurf, scabby”), from scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Scurf is derived from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). By surface analysis, scurf (“skin disease; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease; crust-like formations on the skin”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). The noun is derived from the adjective. It was used to translate the similar-sounding Dutch scheurbuik, French scorbut, Middle Low German schorbūk (“scurvy (disease)”), etc.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِسْقَرْبُوط (ʔisqarbūṭ) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Armenian: ցինգա (cʻinga) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Armenian: լնդախտ (lndaxt) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Bashkir: зәңге (zəñge) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Bulgarian: скорбут (skorbut) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Catalan: escorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Chinese Mandarin: 壞血病 /坏血病 (huàixiěbìng, huàixuèbìng) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Czech: kurděje — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Danish: skørbug — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Dutch: scheurbuik — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Dutch: scorbuut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Esperanto: skorbuto — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Finnish: keripukki — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• French: scorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Georgian: სკორბუტი (sḳorbuṭi) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Georgian: ბარლოუს დაავადება (barlous daavadeba) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Georgian: სურავანდი (suravandi) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• German: Skorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• German: Scharbock — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Greek: σκορβούτο (skorvoúto) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Hindi: स्कर्वी (skarvī) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Hungarian: skorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Icelandic: skyrbjúgur — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Italian: scorbuto — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Japanese: 壊血病 (kaiketsubyō) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Kazakh: діңгене (dıñgene) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Kazakh: құрқұлақ (qūrqūlaq) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Korean: 괴혈병 (goehyeolbyeong) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Latin: scorbutus — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Macedonian: ско́рбут (skórbut) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Malay: seriawan — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Malay: saratan — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjørbuk — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørbuk — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Persian: اسکربوت (eskorbut) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Persian: اسقربوط (esqorbut) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Persian: فسادالدم (fesādoldamm) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Polish: szkorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Portuguese: escorbuto — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Romanian: scorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Russian: ско́рбут (skórbut) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Russian: цинга́ (cingá) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Kildin-Sami: цыӈӈьк (cyŋŋ’k) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Serbo-Croatian: ско̀рбут — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Serbo-Croatian: skòrbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Slovene: skorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Spanish: escorbuto — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Swedish: skörbjugg — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Tagalog: eskorbuto — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Tatar: зәңгелә (zäñgelä) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Thai: ลักปิดลักเปิด (lák-gà-bpìt-lák-gà-bpə̀ət) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Turkish: iskorbüt — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Ottoman Turkish: اسقوربوت (iskorbüt) — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Vietnamese: scorbut — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Welsh: clefri poeth — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Welsh: llwg — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C
• Welsh: sgyrfi — disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C