hernia
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hernia (plural hernias or herniae or (dated) herniæ)
- (pathology) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
- give someone a hernia
- have a hernia
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
part of the body protruding abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part
|
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Verb edit
hernia
- inflection of herniar:
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂, from *ǵʰer- (“bowels, intestines”). Cognates include Sanskrit हिर (hira), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ), and Old English ġearn (English yarn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.ni.a/, [ˈhɛrniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.ni.a/, [ˈɛrniä]
Noun edit
hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hernia | herniae |
Genitive | herniae | herniārum |
Dative | herniae | herniīs |
Accusative | herniam | herniās |
Ablative | herniā | herniīs |
Vocative | hernia | herniae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hernia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”).
Noun edit
hernia f (plural hernias)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
hernia
- only used in se hernia, third-person singular present indicative of herniarse
- only used in te ... hernia, syntactic variant of hérniate, second-person singular imperative of herniarse
Further reading edit
- “hernia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014