facia

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See also: facía and façia

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

facia (plural facias)

  1. Alternative form of fascia

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested in Vergilius (7th. c.).[1]

Noun[edit]

facia f (genitive faciae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. Alternative form of faciēs (“face”)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative facia faciae
Genitive faciae faciārum
Dative faciae faciīs
Accusative faciam faciās
Ablative faciā faciīs
Vocative facia faciae

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “facies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 357

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish فاجعه (faci'a), from Arabic فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa). Compare Azerbaijani faciə.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

facia (definite accusative faciayı, plural facialar)

  1. catastrophe, tragedy
    • 1935 November 13, “Facianın plânçosu: 24 ölü ve kayıb!”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:
      Evvelki geceki Inebolu vapuru faciasının kurbanları hakkında yapılan tahkikat ve tetkikat ilk tahminlerin biraz mubalâğali olduğunu göstermiştir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “facia”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاجع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1358
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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