bizma

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiθma/ [ˈbiθ̬.ma] (Spain) IPA(key): /ˈbisma/ [ˈbiz.ma] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθma (Spain) Rhymes: -isma (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: biz‧ma === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish bizma, bidma, semi-learned term from Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθημα (epíthēma). The development of -th-, after being voiced to [d], to -z- before a consonant is regular, compare Latin iūdicāre > Old Spanish judgar, juzgar. According to Coromines and Pascual, cognate with Italian pittima, Leonese bilma. ==== Noun ==== bizma f (plural bizmas) poultice, cataplasm ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bizma inflection of bizmar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “bizma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 597 === Further reading === “bizma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025