afasia

afasia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French aphasie), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɑsiɑ/, [ˈɑfɑˌs̠iɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧fa‧si‧a

Noun

afasia

1. (pathology) aphasia

Declension

Inflection of afasia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		afasia	afasiat
genitive		afasian	afasioiden afasioitten
partitive		afasiaa	afasioita
illative		afasiaan	afasioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		afasia	afasiat
accusative	nom.	afasia	afasiat
	gen.	afasian
genitive		afasian	afasioiden afasioitten afasiainrare
partitive		afasiaa	afasioita
inessive		afasiassa	afasioissa
elative		afasiasta	afasioista
illative		afasiaan	afasioihin
adessive		afasialla	afasioilla
ablative		afasialta	afasioilta
allative		afasialle	afasioille
essive		afasiana	afasioina
translative		afasiaksi	afasioiksi
instructive		—	afasioin
abessive		afasiatta	afasioitta
comitative		—	afasioineen

Possessive forms of afasia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	afasiani	afasiamme
2nd person	afasiasi	afasianne
3rd person	afasiansa

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Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ φάσις (phásis, “speech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafasia̯]
• Hyphenation: afa‧sia

Noun

afasia (first-person possessive afasiaku, second-person possessive afasiamu, third-person possessive afasianya)

1. (neurology, pathology) aphasia: a partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

Derived terms

• afasia amnesia
• afasia anomik
• afasia anterior
• afasia ekspresif
• afasia global
• afasia motoris
• afasia nominal
• afasia posterior
• afasia sensoris

 

Further reading

• “afasia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.faˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧sì‧a

Noun

afasia f (plural afasie)

1. (pathology) aphasia

Derived terms

• afasico

Further reading

• afasia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• afasia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• afasia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• afasia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• afasìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• afaṡìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈzi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈzi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈzi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fɐˈzi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧si‧a

Noun

afasia f (plural afasias)

1. (pathology) aphasia (pathological speech disorder)

Derived terms

• afasia amnésica
• afasia atáxica
• afasia auditiva
• afasia central
• afasia global
• afasia motora
• afasia semântica
• afasia sensorial
• afasia visual
• afásico
• afasiologia

 

Further reading

• “afasia” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “afasia” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “afasia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “afasia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “afasia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “afasia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfasja/ [aˈfa.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: a‧fa‧sia

Noun

afasia f (plural afasias)

1. (pathology) aphasia (pathological speech disorder)

Related terms

• afásico

Further reading

• “afasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014