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Fallsucht
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German
Etymology
From de fallen to fall Sucht (here in the old sense “illness, disease”), thus the same as en falling sickness, nl vallende ziekte or sv fallandesot. Compare also ar صَرْع, et langetõbi, pl padaczka, cs padoucnice, ru паду́чая sh pȁdavica, all equally derived from a word for “to fall”. From the fits which cast the patients to the ground.
Pronunciation
de /ˈfalˌzʊχt/
de Fall sucht
de De-Fallsucht.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ʊχt 2
Noun
f.sg
de archaic epilepsy
de Epilepsie Schwerenot obsolete
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
de fallsüchtig
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