facia

facia

See also: facía and façia

English

Noun

facia (plural facias)

  1. Alternative form of fascia.

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fa‧cia

Noun

facia

  1. tragedy

Declension

Declension of facia
singular plural
nominative facia facialar
genitive facianıñ facialarnıñ
dative faciağa facialarğa
accusative facianı facialarnı
locative faciada facialarda
ablative faciadan facialardan

Derived terms

  • facialı (tragic)

References

Latin

Etymology

    Attested in Vergilius around the 7th century.[1]

    Noun

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

    1. alternative form of faciēs (face)

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative facia faciae
    genitive faciae faciārum
    dative faciae faciīs
    accusative faciam faciās
    ablative faciā faciīs
    vocative facia faciae

    Descendants

    (Note: see faciēs.)

    References

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

    Turkish

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    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

    • 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