facia

See also: facía and façia

English

Noun

facia (plural facias)

1. Alternative form of fascia

Anagrams

• AFAIC

Latin

Etymology

Attested in Vergilius around the 7th. century.^[1]

Noun

facia f (genitive faciae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. Alternative form of faciēs (“face”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	facia	faciae
genitive	faciae	faciārum
dative	faciae	faciīs
accusative	faciam	faciās
ablative	faciā	faciīs
vocative	facia	faciae

Descendants

• see: faciēs

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “facies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 357

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فاجعه (faci'a), from Arabic فَاجِعَة (fājiʕa). Compare Azerbaijani faciə.

Pronunciation

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Noun

facia (definite accusative faciayı, plural facialar)

1. catastrophe, tragedy
   • 1935 November 13, “Facianın plânçosu: 24 ölü ve kayıb!”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:

     Evvelki geceki Inebolu vapuru faciasının kurbanları hakkında yapılan tahkikat ve tetkikat ilk tahminlerin biraz mubalâğali olduğunu göstermiştir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “facia”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فاجع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1358
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN