Noun: piaga
Gender: f
Hyphenation: pià‧ga
| Singular f | piaga |
| Plural f | piaghe |
Sample Sentences
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una piaga nel cuore (a wound in the heart)
Nouns inflected like piaga
demoltiplica,
sariga,
scocca,
scolca,
transcaratteristica,
fotoelettrica,
ultracentrifuga,
stereomeccanica,
pulcesecca,
analisi matematica,
criminalistica,
geomatematica,
autopubblica,
nutraceutica,
retorica,
registroteca,
microplastica,
farmacofisica,
aerofisica,
iconoteca, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Latin plāga (hence English plague), from Proto-Italic *plāgā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂géh₂, derived from *pleh₂g-, an extension of the root *pel- (“to beat, push, drive”).
2. Cognate with French plaie, Spanish llaga, Catalan plaga, Galician and Portuguese chaga, Romanian plagă, and more distantly with Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “wound”). See: Latin Nouns '
plāga', English Nouns '
plague', French Nouns '
plaie', Spanish Nouns '
llaga', Catalan Nouns '
plaga', Romanian Nouns '
plagă', Ancient Greek Nouns '
πληγή'.
Verbs referencing "piaga"
French Nouns
plaie, Spanish Nouns
llaga, Catalan Nouns
plaga, Romanian Nouns
plagă, Galician Nouns
chaga, Portuguese Nouns
chaga.
Translations