sagnia

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French saignie, from saignier (“to bleed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səŋˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saŋˈni.a]

Noun

sagnia f (plural sagnies)

1. (historical, figurative) bloodletting
2. bleeding
3. (by extension) tapping, tap
4. (anatomy) elbow pit

Synonyms

• (drawing blood): flebotomia

Related terms

• sagnar
• sang

Further reading

• “sagnia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sagnia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.