epileptic

English

Alternative forms

• epileptick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈlɛptɪk/

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• Hyphenation: epi‧lep‧tic

Adjective

epileptic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to epilepsy.
2. Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

Derived terms

• epileptically
• epileptoid
• epileptor
• eppy
• nonepileptic
• postepileptic
• proepileptic
• pseudoepileptic
• subepileptic

 

Translations

of or relating to epilepsy

• Catalan: epilèptic
• Czech: epileptický (cs) m
• Danish: epileptisk
• Esperanto: epilepsia (eo)
• French: épileptique (fr)
• German: epileptisch (de), fallsüchtig (de) (archaic)
• Greek: επιληπτικός (el) (epiliptikós)

  Ancient: ἐπιληπτικός (epilēptikós)

• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā), अपस्मारी (hi) (apasmārī), अपस्मारिक (apasmārik)
• Hungarian: epilepsziás (hu), epileptikus (hu)
• Irish: titimeach, titimis
• Italian: epilettico (it)
• Malay: epileptik
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epileptisk

  Nynorsk: epileptisk

• Old English: fiellesēoc
• Portuguese: epiléptico (Portugal), epilético (Brazil)
• Russian: эпилепти́ческий (ru) (epileptíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епилѐптичкӣ

  Roman: epilèptičkī (sh)

• Spanish: epiléptico (es)
• Volapük: peiläpik (vo)

of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics

• Esperanto: (♂♀) epilepsiula, (explicitly ♂) virepilepsiula, (explicitly ♀) epilepsiulina
• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā), अपस्मारी (hi) (apasmārī), अपस्मारिक (apasmārik)
• Irish: titimeach
• Italian: epilettico (it)
• Portuguese: epiléptico (Portugal), epilético (Brazil)
• Volapük: (♂♀) peiläpanik, (♂) hipeiläpanik, (♀) jipeiläpanik

Noun

epileptic (plural epileptics)

1. A person who has epilepsy.
   • 1976 December 25, “Canada's Gay Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 2:

     The present Immigration Act on the books bars entry to Canada to homosexuals, prostitutes, epileptics, and those said to be "living off the avails of homosexualism or prostitution."

2. (archaic) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

   Synonym: antiepileptic

Translations

person who has epilepsy

• Assamese: আঁৱৰীয়া (ãoria)
• Bengali: মৃগীরোগী (mrigirōgi)
• Catalan: epilèptic m
• Czech: epileptik (cs) m, epileptička (cs) f
• Danish: epileptiker
• Esperanto: (♂♀) epilepsiulo, (explicitly ♂) virepilepsiulo, (explicitly ♀) epilepsiulino
• German: Epileptiker (de) m, Epileptikerin (de) f
• Greek: επιληπτικός (el) (epiliptikós)
• Hindi: मिरगिया (hi) (mirgiyā)
• Hungarian: epilepsziás (hu)
• Irish: titimeach m
• Italian: epilettico (it) m, epilettica (it) f
• Russian: эпиле́птик (ru) m (epiléptik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏давича̄р m, па̏давича̄рка f, епилѐптича̄р m, епилѐптича̄рка f

  Roman: pȁdavičār (sh) m, pȁdavičārka (sh) f, epilèptičār (sh) m, epilèptičārka (sh) f

• Volapük: (♂♀) peiläpan (vo), (♂) hipeiläpan, (♀) jipeiläpan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épileptique, from Latin epilepticus.

Adjective

epileptic m or n (feminine singular epileptică, masculine plural epileptici, feminine and neuter plural epileptice)

1. epileptic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	epileptic		epileptică		epileptici	epileptice
	definite	epilepticul		epileptica		epilepticii	epilepticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	epileptic		epileptice		epileptici	epileptice
	definite	epilepticului		epilepticei		epilepticilor	epilepticelor