halfdead

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From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”).

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կիսամեռ (kisameṙ) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Bengali: অর্ধমৃত (ordhomrito) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Bengali: আধমরা (adhmora) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Chinese Mandarin: 半死不活 (bànsǐbùhuó) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Chinese Mandarin: 半死半活 (bànsǐ bànhuó) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Czech: polomrtvý — halfway dead; partially alive
• Danish: halvdød — halfway dead; partially alive
• Dutch: halfdood — halfway dead; partially alive
• French: demi-mort — halfway dead; partially alive
• Georgian: ცოცხალმკვდარი (cocxalmḳvdari) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Gujarati: અધમૂઉં (adhamūũ) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Hungarian: félholt — halfway dead; partially alive
• Icelandic: hálfdauður — halfway dead; partially alive
• Irish: bogmharbh — halfway dead; partially alive
• Irish: leathmharbh — halfway dead; partially alive
• Irish: díbheo — halfway dead; partially alive
• Old English: samcwic — halfway dead; partially alive
• Old English: healfdēad — halfway dead; partially alive
• Polish: półumarły — halfway dead; partially alive
• Russian: полумёртвый (polumjórtvyj) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Swedish: halvdöd — halfway dead; partially alive
• Ukrainian: напівме́ртвий (napivmértvyj) — halfway dead; partially alive
• Ukrainian: півме́ртвий (pivmértvyj) — halfway dead; partially alive