bizma

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈbiθma/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈbisma/
  • Rhymes: -iθma
  • Rhymes: -isma
  • Syllabification: biz‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish bizma, bidma, semi-learned term from Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθημα (epíthēma). The development of -th-, after being voiced to , to -z- before a consonant is regular, compare Latin iūdicāre > Old Spanish judgar, juzgar. According to Coromines and Pascual, cognate with Italian pittima, Leonese bilma.

Noun

bizma f (plural bizmas)

  1. poultice, cataplasm

Etymology 2

Verb

bizma

  1. inflection of bizmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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