# cisma
## Catalan
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsiz.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsiz.ma]

### Noun

cisma m (plural cismes)
* (Christianity) schism
* schism, split

#### Related terms

* cismàtic

### Further reading

* “cisma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (standard) /ˈθisma̝/, (western) /ˈsisma̝/, /ˈʃiɾma̝/

#### Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)
* (chiefly religion) schism (a split or separation within a group or organisation)
* obsession
    Synonyms: lideira, manía
* obstinacy; stubbornness (insistence in doing something, especially something that is likely not to work out)
    Synonyms: teima, porfía

##### Derived terms

* cismar

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cisma
* inflection of cismar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiz.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiz.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsiʒ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsiz.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsiʒ.mɐ/

### Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”).

#### Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)
* (chiefly religion) schism (a split or separation within a group or organisation)

##### Alternative forms

* schisma (obsolete)

#### Noun

cisma f (plural cismas)
* vice; obsession (a bad habit)
    Synonym: mania
* spite (deep-seated enmity or ill-will towards someone)
    Synonym: rancor
* obstinacy; stubbornness (insistence in doing something, especially something that is likely not to work out)
    Synonym: teimosia

##### Derived terms

* cismar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

cisma
* inflection of cismar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθisma/ [ˈθiz.ma]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsisma/ [ˈsiz.ma]
* Rhymes: -isma
* Syllabification: cis‧ma

### Noun

cisma m (plural cismas)
* schism

### Further reading

* “cisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014