bereft

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• /bəˈɹɛft/
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From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лишен (lišen) — pained by the loss of someone
• Czech: připravený o co — pained by the loss of someone
• Czech: zbavený čeho — pained by the loss of someone
• Finnish: sureva — pained by the loss of someone
• Finnish: kaipaava — pained by the loss of someone
• Finnish: surullinen — pained by the loss of someone
• German: hinterblieben — pained by the loss of someone
• Italian: deprivato — pained by the loss of someone
• Latin: orbus — pained by the loss of someone
• Macedonian: ли́шен (líšen) — pained by the loss of someone
• Polish: osamotniony — pained by the loss of someone
• Russian: утративший (utrativšij) — pained by the loss of someone
• Russian: лишённый (lišónnyj) — pained by the loss of someone
• Spanish: afligido — pained by the loss of someone
• Bulgarian: лишен (lišen) — deprived of
• Czech: zbavený m čeho — deprived of
• Finnish: ilman — deprived of
• Finnish: osaton — deprived of
• French: privé de — deprived of
• German: beraubt — deprived of
• German: verlassen — deprived of
• Icelandic: svipta — deprived of
• Icelandic: taka frá — deprived of
• Italian: deprivato — deprived of
• Italian: orbato — deprived of
• Latin: orbus — deprived of
• Macedonian: ли́шен (líšen) — deprived of
• Māori: tukaunga — deprived of
• Polish: pozbawiony — deprived of
• Portuguese: destituído — deprived of
• Portuguese: privado — deprived of
• Russian: утративший (utrativšij) — deprived of
• Russian: лишённый (lišónnyj) — deprived of
• Russian: ограбленный (ograblennyj) — deprived of
• Spanish: privado — deprived of
• Spanish: despojado — deprived of
• Spanish: desprovisto — deprived of
• Spanish: desproveído — deprived of
• Spanish: carente — deprived of
• Spanish: sin- — deprived of
• Spanish: falto — deprived of
• Swedish: berövad — deprived of
• Turkish: yoksun — deprived of
• Turkish: mahrum — deprived of