белладонна

Russian

белладонна

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally beautiful lady), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (nightshade), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (flower), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪlɐˈdonːə]

Noun

белладо́нна (belladónna) f inan (genitive белладо́нны, nominative plural белладо́нны, genitive plural белладо́нн)

  1. (botany) belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
  2. (pharmacy) belladonna (an alkaloid))

Declension

Synonyms

  • (deadly nightshade): красавка обыкнове́нная (krasavka obyknovénnaja), красуха (krasuxa), со́нная о́дурь (sónnaja ódurʹ), бе́шеная я́года (béšenaja jágoda), ви́шня бе́шеная (víšnja béšenaja)
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