dearth

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɜːθ/
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• US: /dɝθ/
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• US: dûrth
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)θ
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• CMU ARPABET: D ER1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (“costliness, preciousness, honour”); corresponding to dear + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Saxon diuriða (“glory, honour; preciousness”), West Frisian djoerte (“love, dearness, value, worth”), Dutch duurte (“dearness; scarcity, dearth”), Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”).

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: оскъдица (oskǎdica) — period when food is rare
• Bulgarian: глад (glad) — period when food is rare
• Czech: nouze — period when food is rare
• Czech: nedostatek — period when food is rare
• Dutch: hongersnood — period when food is rare
• Finnish: nälänhätä — period when food is rare
• French: disette — period when food is rare
• Galician: escaseza — period when food is rare
• Georgian: სიღარიბე (siɣaribe) — period when food is rare
• Georgian: დეფიციტი (depiciṭi) — period when food is rare
• Georgian: უკმარობა (uḳmaroba) — period when food is rare
• German: Hungersnot — period when food is rare
• Greek: λιμός (limós) — period when food is rare
• Greek: πείνα (peína) — period when food is rare
• Hungarian: ínség — period when food is rare
• Italian: carestia — period when food is rare
• Macedonian: недо́статок (nedóstatok) — period when food is rare
• Macedonian: глад (glad) — period when food is rare
• Macedonian: оску́дица (oskúdica) — period when food is rare
• Māori: matekaitanga — period when food is rare
• Middle English: derth — period when food is rare
• Norwegian Bokmål: hungersnød — period when food is rare
• Norwegian Bokmål: matmangel — period when food is rare
• Persian: قحطی (qahti) — period when food is rare
• Polish: niedostatek — period when food is rare
• Polish: głód — period when food is rare
• Portuguese: fome — period when food is rare
• Russian: недоста́точность (nedostátočnostʹ) — period when food is rare
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — period when food is rare
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — period when food is rare
• Russian: го́лод (gólod) — period when food is rare
• Russian: дефици́т (deficít) — period when food is rare
• Sicilian: caristìa — period when food is rare
• Sicilian: fami — period when food is rare
• Sicilian: malura — period when food is rare
• Slovak: hlad — period when food is rare
• Slovak: nedostatok — period when food is rare
• Spanish: hambruna — period when food is rare
• Swedish: hungersnöd — period when food is rare
• Turkish: kıtlık — period when food is rare
• Ukrainian: недостача (nedostača) — period when food is rare
• Ukrainian: голод (holod) — period when food is rare
• Zazaki: ğelay — period when food is rare
• Bulgarian: недоимък (nedoimǎk) — scarcity
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺乏 (quēfá) — scarcity
• Czech: nedostatek — scarcity
• Dutch: schaarste — scarcity
• Esperanto: malabundo — scarcity
• Finnish: pula — scarcity
• Finnish: niukkuus — scarcity
• French: pénurie — scarcity
• Georgian: ნაკლებობა (naḳleboba) — scarcity
• Georgian: დეფიციტი (depiciṭi) — scarcity
• Georgian: უკმარობა (uḳmaroba) — scarcity
• Georgian: სიმწირე (simc̣ire) — scarcity
• German: Mangel — scarcity
• German: Knappheit — scarcity
• Greek: ανεπάρκεια (anepárkeia) — scarcity
• Greek: έλλειψη (élleipsi) — scarcity
• Ancient Greek: σπάνις (spánis) — scarcity
• Italian: scarsità — scarcity
• Italian: carenza — scarcity
• Japanese: 不足 (fusoku) — scarcity
• Macedonian: нема́штија (nemáštija) — scarcity
• Māori: ngōuruuru — scarcity
• Māori: kāhoretanga — scarcity
• Middle English: derth — scarcity
• Norwegian Bokmål: mangel — scarcity
• Norwegian Bokmål: knapphet — scarcity
• Polish: brak — scarcity
• Portuguese: falta — scarcity
• Portuguese: escassez — scarcity
• Russian: ску́дность (skúdnostʹ) — scarcity
• Russian: недоста́точность (nedostátočnostʹ) — scarcity
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — scarcity
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — scarcity
• Russian: дефици́т (deficít) — scarcity
• Slovak: nedostatok — scarcity
• Spanish: escasez — scarcity
• Spanish: cortedad — scarcity
• Spanish: carestía — scarcity
• Swedish: brist — scarcity
• Swedish: knapphet — scarcity
• Tagalog: kulang — scarcity
• Turkish: kıtlık — scarcity
• Turkish: yokluk — scarcity
• Turkish: darlık — scarcity
• Turkish: azlık — scarcity
• Ottoman Turkish: قلت (kıllet) — scarcity
• Ukrainian: нестача (nestača) — scarcity
• Ukrainian: брак (brak) — scarcity
• Zazaki: tengey — scarcity
• Zazaki: çınêbıyayey — scarcity
• Zazaki: tayney — scarcity