afagia

See also: afagią

Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ -fagia. Based on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.faˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧gì‧a

Noun

afagia f (plural afage)

1. (medicine) aphagia (the condition of difficulty in swallowing)

Further reading

• afagia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• afagia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• afagia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• afagìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Polish

Alternative forms

• afagja (pre-reform orthography (1936))

Etymology

From a- +‎ -fagia. First attested in 1898.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfa.ɡja/
• Rhymes: -aɡja
• Syllabification: a‧fa‧gia

Noun

afagia f

1. (medicine) aphagia (the condition of difficulty in swallowing)

Declension

Declension of afagia

	singular
nominative	afagia
genitive	afagii
dative	afagii
accusative	afagię
instrumental	afagią
locative	afagii
vocative	afagio

Derived terms

adjective

• afagiczny

 

Further reading

• afagia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ -fagia. Based on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.faˈʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fɐˈʒi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧fa‧gi‧a

Noun

afagia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) aphagia (the condition of difficulty in swallowing)

Further reading

• “afagia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “afagia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “afagia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “afagia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “afagia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ -fagia. Based on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfaxja/ [aˈfa.xja]
• Rhymes: -axja
• Syllabification: a‧fa‧gia

Noun

afagia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) aphagia (the condition of difficulty in swallowing)

Related terms

• disfagia