malaptia

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French maladie, from malade (“sick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mala(p)ˈtia/

Noun

malaptia f (plural malaptias)

1. sickness, malady
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 50v:

     Qvando ouiere fambre en la tierra omortalidat. o enfermedat oq́ado ouiere mal de enfermedat. o langoſta. o erugo. q́nt fuere q́l aq́xare ſo enemigo. enla tŕa oen las cibdades. Nulla plaga o nulla malaptia […]

     Should there be famine in the land or great dying or sickness, or should there be the ill of sickness, or locusts or caterpillars, should their enemy threaten them in the land or in the cities, whatever plague or whatever malady, […]

Synonyms

• enfermedat f

Related terms

• mal, malo