nearsightedness

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Etymology tree English nearsighted Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English nearsightedness From nearsighted + -ness.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: miopi — property of being nearsighted
• Arabic: قَصَّرَ النَّظَرِ (qaṣṣara n-naẓari) — property of being nearsighted
• Armenian: կարճատեսություն (karčatesutʻyun) — property of being nearsighted
• Basque: miopia — property of being nearsighted
• Belarusian: блізарукасць (blizarukascʹ) — property of being nearsighted
• Belarusian: міяпія (mijapija) — property of being nearsighted
• Breton: berrweled — property of being nearsighted
• Bulgarian: късогледство (kǎsogledstvo) — property of being nearsighted
• Catalan: miopia — property of being nearsighted
• Chinese Mandarin: 近視 /近视 (jìnshì) — property of being nearsighted
• Chinese Mandarin: 近視眼 /近视眼 (jìnshìyǎn) — property of being nearsighted
• Czech: krátkozrakost — property of being nearsighted
• Danish: nærsynethed — property of being nearsighted
• Dutch: bijziendheid — property of being nearsighted
• Esperanto: miopeco — property of being nearsighted
• Estonian: lühinägevus — property of being nearsighted
• Faroese: nærsýni — property of being nearsighted
• Faroese: nærskygni — property of being nearsighted
• Finnish: likinäköisyys — property of being nearsighted
• Finnish: likitaittoisuus — property of being nearsighted
• French: myopie — property of being nearsighted
• Galician: miopía — property of being nearsighted
• Georgian: ახლომხედველობა (axlomxedveloba) — property of being nearsighted
• Georgian: მიოპია (mioṗia) — property of being nearsighted
• German: Kurzsichtigkeit — property of being nearsighted
• German: Myopie — property of being nearsighted
• Greek: μυωπία (myopía) — property of being nearsighted
• Ancient Greek: μυωπία (muōpía) — property of being nearsighted
• Hebrew: קוצר ראייה (kótser r'iyá) — property of being nearsighted
• Hindi: निकट दृष्टि दोष (nikaṭ dŕṣṭi doṣ) — property of being nearsighted
• Hungarian: rövidlátás — property of being nearsighted
• Hungarian: miópia — property of being nearsighted
• Icelandic: nærsýni — property of being nearsighted
• Indonesian: rabun jauh — property of being nearsighted
• Irish: gearr-radharc — property of being nearsighted
• Italian: miopia — property of being nearsighted
• Japanese: 近視 (kinshi) — property of being nearsighted
• Japanese: 近眼 (kingan) — property of being nearsighted
• Korean: 근시 (geunsi) — property of being nearsighted
• Northern Kurdish: nêzikbînî — property of being nearsighted
• Latvian: tuvredzība — property of being nearsighted
• Latvian: miopija — property of being nearsighted
• Lithuanian: trumparegystė — property of being nearsighted
• Macedonian: кратковидост (kratkovidost) — property of being nearsighted
• Macedonian: кусогледост (kusogledost) — property of being nearsighted
• Malay: rabun jauh — property of being nearsighted
• Manchu: ᠴᡠᡴᡡᠯᡠ (cukūlu) — property of being nearsighted
• Eastern Mari: лишылшинча (ĺišylšinča) — property of being nearsighted
• Mongolian: холын харалган (xolyn xaralgan) — property of being nearsighted
• Mongolian: ойрын хараа (ojryn xaraa) — property of being nearsighted
• Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠯᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠯᠭᠠᠨ (qola-yin karalɣan) — property of being nearsighted
• Mongolian: ᠣᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (oir-a-yin qaraɣ-a) — property of being nearsighted
• Norwegian: nærsynthet — property of being nearsighted
• Persian: نزدیک بینی (nazdik-bini) — property of being nearsighted
• Polish: krótkowzroczność — property of being nearsighted
• Portuguese: miopia — property of being nearsighted
• Romanian: miopie — property of being nearsighted
• Russian: близору́кость (blizorúkostʹ) — property of being nearsighted
• Russian: миопи́я (miopíja) — property of being nearsighted
• Serbo-Croatian: кратковидност — property of being nearsighted
• Serbo-Croatian: кратковидост — property of being nearsighted
• Serbo-Croatian: kratkovidnost — property of being nearsighted
• Serbo-Croatian: kratkovidost — property of being nearsighted
• Slovak: krátkozrakosť — property of being nearsighted
• Slovene: kratkovidnost — property of being nearsighted
• Spanish: miopía — property of being nearsighted
• Swedish: närsynthet — property of being nearsighted
• Swedish: myopi — property of being nearsighted
• Tagalog: silag — property of being nearsighted
• Tagalog: pagkasilag — property of being nearsighted
• Tagalog: kurarap — property of being nearsighted
• Tamil: கிட்டப்பார்வை (kiṭṭappārvai) — property of being nearsighted
• Thai: สายตาสั้น (sǎai-dtaa-sân) — property of being nearsighted
• Turkish: miyop — property of being nearsighted
• Ukrainian: короткозо́рість (korotkozóristʹ) — property of being nearsighted
• Ukrainian: міопія (miopija) — property of being nearsighted
• Vietnamese: cận thị — property of being nearsighted