malatìa
Sicilian
editAlternative forms
edit- malatia (eye dialect)
Etymology
editFrom malatu (“ill”) + -ìa (“derives abstract nouns denoting a state or condition from adjectives or nouns”), proceeding further is unclear. Cognate with English malady, French maladie, Italian malattia, Portuguese maladia and Catalan malaltia which, this latter, could be the borrowing source for this lemma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmalatìa f (plural malatìi or malatiei)