παραίσθηση
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παραίσθησις (paraísthēsis, “misperception”) with semantic loan from French hallucination.[1] By surface analysis, παρ- (par-) + αίσθηση (aísthisi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]παραίσθηση • (paraísthisi) f (plural παραισθήσεις)
Usage notes
[edit]- παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) denotes a misperception of an external sensory stimulus. By contrast, ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) denotes a hallucination arising in the mind in the absence of an external sensory stimulus.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) | παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis) |
| genitive | παραίσθησης (paraísthisis) | παραισθήσεων (paraisthíseon) |
| accusative | παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) | παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis) |
| vocative | παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) | παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: παραισθήσεως (paraisthíseos)
Derived terms
[edit]- παραισθησιακός (paraisthisiakós)
- παραισθησιογόνος (paraisthisiogónos)
References
[edit]- ^ παραίσθηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
παραίσθηση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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