sickly

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• /ˈsɪkli/
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• CMU ARPABET: S IH1 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English seekly, sekely, siklich, sekeliche, equivalent to sick + -ly. Possibly a modification of Old English sīcle (“sickly”) and/or derived from Old Norse sjúkligr (“sickly”). Cognate with Dutch ziekelijk, Middle High German siechlich, Danish sygelig, Swedish sjuklig, Icelandic sjúklegur. The verb is from the adjective.

From sick + -ly.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِسْقَام (misqām) — frequently ill
• Asturian: enfermizu — frequently ill
• Asturian: enxencle — frequently ill
• Asturian: enxenclu — frequently ill
• Asturian: esbrixiláu — frequently ill
• Asturian: delicáu — frequently ill
• Asturian: achacosu — frequently ill
• Bulgarian: болнав (bolnav) — frequently ill
• Catalan: malaltís — frequently ill
• Catalan: malaltós — frequently ill
• Catalan: malaltús — frequently ill
• Dutch: ziekelijk — frequently ill
• Esperanto: malsanema — frequently ill
• Finnish: sairaalloinen — frequently ill
• French: maladif — frequently ill
• French: souffreteux — frequently ill
• French: chétif — frequently ill
• French: valétudinaire — frequently ill
• Galician: enfermizo — frequently ill
• German: kränklich — frequently ill
• German: fehlbar — frequently ill
• German: kränkelnd — frequently ill
• German: siech — frequently ill
• German: dahinsiechend — frequently ill
• Ancient Greek: ἄρρωστος (árrhōstos) — frequently ill
• Irish: leice — frequently ill
• Irish: galrach — frequently ill
• Latin: aegrotaticius — frequently ill
• Latin: morbōsus — frequently ill
• Māori: aewa — frequently ill
• Māori: matemate — frequently ill
• Māori: anuhē — frequently ill
• Māori: anuhea — frequently ill
• Māori: manauhea — frequently ill
• Old English: sīcle — frequently ill
• Polish: chorowity — frequently ill
• Polish: schorowany — frequently ill
• Portuguese: enfermiço — frequently ill
• Portuguese: doentio — frequently ill
• Portuguese: valetudinário — frequently ill
• Romanian: bolnăvicios — frequently ill
• Russian: боле́зненный (boléznennyj) — frequently ill
• Spanish: enfermizo — frequently ill
• Spanish: enclenque — frequently ill
• Spanish: calamitoso — frequently ill
• Spanish: enteco — frequently ill
• Spanish: achacoso — frequently ill
• Spanish: valetudinario — frequently ill
• Spanish: malsano — frequently ill
• Swedish: sjuklig — frequently ill
• Swedish: sjukligt — frequently ill
• Swedish: sjukliga — frequently ill
• Tagalog: sakitin — frequently ill
• Turkish: hastalıklı — frequently ill
• Vietnamese: èo uột — frequently ill
• Finnish: huonovointinen — not in good health; somewhat sick
• Māori: anuhē — not in good health; somewhat sick
• Finnish: kitukasvuinen — characterized by poor or unhealthy growth
• Finnish: sairaalloinen — appearing ill
• German: blass — appearing ill
• German: fahl — appearing ill
• German: kränklich — appearing ill
• German: unwohl — appearing ill
• German: welk — appearing ill
• German: ungesund — appearing ill
• German: krankhaft — appearing ill
• German: matt — appearing ill
• German: abgeschlagen — appearing ill
• Irish: meata — appearing ill
• Polish: chorowity — appearing ill
• Portuguese: enfermiço — appearing ill
• Portuguese: doentio — appearing ill
• Russian: ча́хлый (čáxlyj) — appearing ill
• Spanish: enfermizo — appearing ill
• Unami: palsuwamàlsi — appearing ill
• Finnish: himmeä — shedding a relatively small amount of light
• Finnish: heikko — shedding a relatively small amount of light
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — lacking intensity or vigour
• Bulgarian: бледен (bleden) — lacking intensity or vigour
• Catalan: malaltís — lacking intensity or vigour
• Finnish: heikko — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: schwächlich — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: fahl — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: schwach — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: matt — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: blass — lacking intensity or vigour
• German: ungesund — lacking intensity or vigour
• Ancient Greek: ἄρρωστος (árrhōstos) — lacking intensity or vigour
• Māori: ngātoro — lacking intensity or vigour
• Māori: anuhē — lacking intensity or vigour
• Polish: wątły — lacking intensity or vigour
• Portuguese: débil — lacking intensity or vigour
• Romanian: bolnăvicios — lacking intensity or vigour
• Romanian: slab — lacking intensity or vigour
• Spanish: débil — lacking intensity or vigour
• Spanish: triste — lacking intensity or vigour
• Finnish: sairas — associated with poor moral or mental well-being
• Finnish: kuvottava — tending to produce nausea
• Finnish: imelä — overly sweet
• French: douçâtre — overly sweet
• French: douceâtre — overly sweet
• German: übersüß — overly sweet
• Spanish: empalagoso — overly sweet
• Spanish: dulzón — overly sweet
• Finnish: epäterveellinen — tending to produce disease or poor health