perlesía
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1390 (parelisia). From Old French parleisie, from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of parálise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [peɾ.leˈsi.ɐ]
Noun
perlesía m (plural perlesías)
- palsy
- Synonym: parálise
- epilepsy
- Parkinson's disease
References
- “parelisia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “parelisia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “perlesía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “perlesía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “perlesía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.