malatìa

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• malatia (eye dialect)

Etymology

From malatu (“ill”) +‎ -ìa (“derives abstract nouns denoting a state or condition from adjectives or nouns”), proceeding further is unclear. Cognate with English malady, French maladie, Italian malattia, Portuguese maladia and Catalan malaltia which, this latter, could be the borrowing source for this lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.laˈti.a/
• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧tì‧a

Noun

malatìa f (plural malatìi or malatiei)

1. illness, sickness, disease, ailment

   Synonyms: mali, morbu, patuluggìa

Derived terms

• malatìa curpurali
• malatìa mintali

Related terms

• foḍḍi
• frevi
• muccaturi
• pacciu
• pacienti
• pacienza
• pulizziari
• sanificari
• sanitaru
• sanitati
• sanità
• stranutari
• stranutu
• tirapèuta
• tirapìa
• tussi
• tùssiri

See also

• allitticari
• allitticatu
• catètiri
• diabbeti
• dutturi
• lettu
• nfirmeri
• sarbari
• seggia a ruteḍḍi
• seggia chî roti
• spitali
• vastuni