Fallsucht

German

Etymology

From fallen (“to fall”) +‎ Sucht (here in the old sense “illness, disease”), thus the same as English falling sickness. Compare also Arabic صَرْع‎ (ṣarʿ), equally derived from a word for “to fall”. From the fits which cast the patients to the ground.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfalˌzʊχt/

Noun

Fallsucht f (genitive Fallsucht, no plural)

  1. (archaic) epilepsy

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