asma

See also: asmā, aşma, asmă, and Asma

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch astma, from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma).

Pronunciation

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Noun

asma (uncountable)

1. asthma

Azerbaijani

Verb

asmá

1. verbal noun of asmaq (“to hang”)

Adjective

asmá (not comparable)

1. hanging, suspension

   asma körpü ― suspension bridge

Verb

ásma

1. negative second-person singular imperative of asmaq (“to hang”)

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “asma”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎ (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborous breathing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaz.ma]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

asma f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) asthma

Related terms

• asmàtic

Further reading

• “asma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasma/
• Hyphenation: as‧ma

Etymology 1

From Dutch astma.

Noun

asma (plural asma-asma)

1. (pathology) asthma

Adjective

asma (comparative lebih asma, superlative paling asma)

1. (colloquial) chest tightness

Synonyms

• bengek

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَسْمَى (ʔasmā).

Noun

asma (plural asma-asma)

1. (honorific) name

   Synonym: nama

Further reading

• “asma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish asma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborous breathing”).

Noun

asma m (genitive singular asma)

1. (pathology) asthma

Declension

Declension of asma (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative asma vocative a asma genitive asma dative asma forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-asma genitive an asma dative leis an asma don asma

Derived terms

• asmach (“asthmatic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of asma

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asma	n-asma	hasma	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “asma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “asma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “asma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025