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lumbago

See also: Lumbago and lumbágó

English edit

WOTD – 28 January 2021
 
An illustration of a person experiencing lumbago.

Etymology edit

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”)[1] (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loins”)) + -āgō (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants).

The verb is derived from the noun.[2]

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Noun edit

lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively)

  1. (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
    Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP
    • 1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], chapter VII, in The Norwich Victims, London: Arcturus Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, →OL, section 2:
      Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.
    • 1953, Gilbert Ryle, “Dilemma VII: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, published 1954 (1987 printing), →ISBN, page 105:
      We may imagine an athletics coach with a scientific training researching into the physiology and the psychology of runners. [...] He finds out the effects of fatigue, of alcohol, of tobacco, of lumbago and of depression upon their performances.
  2. (countable) An episode of such backache.

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Verb edit

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

  1. (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

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References edit

  1. ^ “lumbago, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903; “lumbago, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “lumbago, v.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō.

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Noun edit

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)
    • 1946, Yves Gandon, Le métier d'homme:
      Firmin souffrait d’un lumbago; il ne pouvait plus «mouveter», le pauvre !
      Firmin had lumbago; he could no longer move a muscle, poor man!

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Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin lumbāgō.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lumˈba.ɡɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɔ
  • Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go

Noun edit

lumbago n (indeclinable)

  1. (pathology) low back pain, lumbago
    Synonyms: heksenszus, postrzał

References edit

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “lumbago”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “lumbago”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading edit

  • lumbago in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lumbago in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: lum‧ba‧go

Noun edit

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French lumbago, from Latin lumbago.

Noun edit

lumbago n (uncountable)

  1. lumbago

Declension edit

declension of lumbago (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lumbago lumbagoul
genitive/dative (unui) lumbago lumbagoului
vocative lumbagoule

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin lumbāgō.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lumˈbaɡo/ [lũmˈba.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Syllabification: lum‧ba‧go

Noun edit

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

  1. (pathology) lumbago
    Synonym: lumbalgia

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