facia
English
Noun
facia (plural facias)
- Alternative form of fascia.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Attested in Vergilius around the 7th. century.[1]
Noun
facia f (genitive faciae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- 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
- see: faciēs
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “facies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 357
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فاجعه (faci'a), from Arabic فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa). Compare Azerbaijani faciə.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
facia (definite accusative faciayı, plural facialar)
- 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