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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύειν (paralúein, “to disable on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + λύειν (lúein, “loosen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈra.liʂ/
- Rhymes: -aliʂ
- Syllabification: pa‧ra‧liż
Noun
paraliż m inan
- (pathology) paralysis, palsy (loss of muscle control)
- Synonyms: porażenie, bezwład, bezwładność
- paralysis (state of being inable to act)
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Further reading
- paraliż in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- paraliż in Polish dictionaries at PWN