bizma

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbiθma/ [ˈbiθ̬.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbisma/ [ˈbiz.ma]
• Rhymes: -iθma
• Rhymes: -isma
• Syllabification: biz‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish bizma, bidma, semi-learned term from Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθημα (epíthēma). The development of -th-, after being voiced to [d], to -z- before a consonant is regular, compare Latin iūdicāre > Old Spanish judgar, juzgar. According to Coromines and Pascual, cognate with Italian pittima, Leonese bilma.

Noun

bizma f (plural bizmas)

1. poultice, cataplasm

Related terms

• bizmar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

bizma

1. inflection of bizmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “bizma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 597

Further reading

• “bizma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014