felç

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic فَلَج (falaj).

Noun

felç

1. (medicine) paralysis

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فلج (felc, felç), from Classical Persian فَلَج (falaj), seemingly from verbal noun فَلَج (falaj) of passive-only base stem deverbal Arabic فُلِجَ (fulija) from فَالَج (fālaj), borrowed from Aramaic פָּלְגָּא / ܦܴܠܓܳܐ (pālgā), from Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis), πληγή (plēgḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfelt͡ʃ/

Noun

felç (definite accusative felci, plural felçler)

1. (pathology) paralysis, palsy

   Synonym: inme

Declension

Declension of felç

	singular	plural
nominative	felç	felçler
definite accusative	felci	felçleri
dative	felce	felçlere
locative	felçte	felçlerde
ablative	felçten	felçlerden
genitive	felcin	felçlerin

Derived terms

• felç etmek
• felç olmak
• felçli

Further reading

• “felç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “felç”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “felç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük