Fallsucht
German edit
Etymology edit
From fallen (“to fall”) + Sucht (here in the old sense “illness, disease”), thus the same as English falling sickness. Compare also Arabic صَرْع (ṣarʕ), equally derived from a word for “to fall”. From the fits which cast the patients to the ground.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Fallsucht f (genitive Fallsucht, no plural)
- (archaic) epilepsy
- Synonyms: Epilepsie, (obsolete) Schwerenot
Declension edit
Declension of Fallsucht [sg-only, feminine]