suffering

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• /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English suffering By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: страдащ (stradašt) — experiencing pain
• Czech: trpící — experiencing pain
• Esperanto: suferanta — experiencing pain
• Finnish: kärsivä — experiencing pain
• Finnish: tuskissaan oleva — experiencing pain
• Finnish: tuskainen — experiencing pain
• French: souffrance — experiencing pain
• French: douleur — experiencing pain
• Galician: sufrido — experiencing pain
• Georgian: ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva) — experiencing pain
• German: leidend — experiencing pain
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 (wunns) — experiencing pain
• Hanunoo: agwanta — experiencing pain
• Icelandic: þjáður — experiencing pain
• Ingrian: tusakas — experiencing pain
• Jamaican Creole: sufferation — experiencing pain
• Portuguese: sofrendo — experiencing pain
• Portuguese: sofrido — experiencing pain
• Romanian: suferință — experiencing pain
• Russian: страда́ющий (stradájuščij) — experiencing pain
• Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — experiencing pain
• Spanish: sufrido — experiencing pain
• Spanish: sufriente — experiencing pain
• Swedish: lidande — experiencing pain
• Ottoman Turkish: یانغین (yangın) — experiencing pain
• Ukrainian: страждаючий (straždajučyj) — experiencing pain
• Albanian: vuajtje — condition
• Arabic: مُعَانَاة (muʕānāh) — condition
• Armenian: տառապանք (taṙapankʻ) — condition
• Armenian: չարչարանք (čʻarčʻarankʻ) — condition
• Azerbaijani: əzab — condition
• Azerbaijani: əziyyət — condition
• Belarusian: цярпе́нне (cjarpjénnje) — condition
• Belarusian: паку́та (pakúta) — condition
• Belarusian: му́ка (múka) — condition
• Bengali: পীড়া (piṛa) — condition
• Bengali: সহন (śohon) — condition
• Bulgarian: страда́ние (stradánie) — condition
• Bulgarian: мъ́ка (mǎ́ka) — condition
• Burmese: ဒုက္ခ (dukhka.) — condition
• Catalan: patiment — condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 苦痛 (kǔtòng) — condition
• Czech: utrpení — condition
• Czech: muka — condition
• Danish: lidelse — condition
• Dutch: lijden — condition
• Erzya: тарво (tarvo) — condition
• Esperanto: sufero — condition
• Esperanto: suferado — condition
• Estonian: kannatus — condition
• Ewe: fukpekpe — condition
• Finnish: kärsimys — condition
• French: souffrance — condition
• Galician: sufrimento — condition
• Georgian: ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva) — condition
• Georgian: წამება (c̣ameba) — condition
• Georgian: წვალება (c̣valeba) — condition
• German: Leiden — condition
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (winnō) — condition
• Greek: βάσανο (vásano) — condition
• Ancient Greek: κόπος (kópos) — condition
• Ancient Greek: πάθημα (páthēma) — condition
• Hebrew: סֵבֶל (sével) — condition
• Hebrew: יִסּוּרִים (yisurim) — condition
• Hindi: दुःख (duḥkh) — condition
• Hindi: पीड़ा (pīṛā) — condition
• Hindi: कष्ट (kaṣṭ) — condition
• Hungarian: szenvedés — condition
• Icelandic: þjáning — condition
• Italian: sofferenza — condition
• Japanese: 苦痛 (kutsū) — condition
• Japanese: 苦しみ (kurushimi) — condition
• Kaitag: зазира (zazira) — condition
• Kazakh: азап (azap) — condition
• Kazakh: қайғы-қасірет (qaiğy-qasıret) — condition
• Khmer: កិលេស (keleeh) — condition
• Khmer: ទុក្ខ (tuk) — condition
• Korean: 고통 (gotong) — condition
• Korean: 괴로움 (goeroum) — condition
• Kyrgyz: азап (azap) — condition
• Lao: ທຸກ (thuk) — condition
• Lao: ທຸກທໍລະມານ (thuk thǭ la mān) — condition
• Latvian: ciešanas — condition
• Lithuanian: kentėjimas — condition
• Lithuanian: kančia — condition
• Macedonian: страдање (stradanje) — condition
• Macedonian: мака (maka) — condition
• Malay: penderitaan — condition
• Malay: azab — condition
• Māori: whakapāwera — condition
• Marathi: दुःख (duḥkha) — condition
• Mongolian: зовлон (zovlon) — condition
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūmhìe — condition
• Nepali: दुख (dukh) — condition
• Norwegian Bokmål: lidelse — condition
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liding — condition
• Old English: þrōwung — condition
• Pali: dukkha — condition
• Pashto: عذاب (azãb) — condition
• Persian: عذاب ('azâb) — condition
• Polish: cierpienie — condition
• Polish: męka — condition
• Portuguese: sofrimento — condition
• Romanian: suferință — condition
• Romanian: păs — condition
• Russian: страда́ние (stradánije) — condition
• Russian: му́ка (múka) — condition
• Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — condition
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀тња — condition
• Serbo-Croatian: му̏ка — condition
• Serbo-Croatian: pàtnja — condition
• Serbo-Croatian: mȕka — condition
• Slovak: utrpenie — condition
• Slovak: muka — condition
• Slovene: trpljenje — condition
• Slovene: muka — condition
• Spanish: sufrimiento — condition
• Swedish: lidande — condition
• Tagalog: pagdurusa — condition
• Tajik: азоб (azob) — condition
• Tamil: வேத்னைப்படுதல் (vētṉaippaṭutal) — condition
• Tamil: வேதனை (vētaṉai) — condition
• Tatar: азап (azap) — condition
• Thai: ความทรมาน (kwaam-tɔɔ-rá-maan) — condition
• Thai: ทุกข์ (túk) — condition
• Tibetan: སྡུག་བསྔལ་བརྒྱད། (sdug bsngal brgyad) — condition
• Tocharian B: lakle — condition
• Turkish: azap — condition
• Turkmen: azap — condition
• Ukrainian: стражда́ння (straždánnja) — condition
• Ukrainian: му́ка (múka) — condition
• Ukrainian: терпі́ння (terpínnja) — condition
• Urdu: دکھ (dukh) — condition
• Urdu: عذاب ('azāb) — condition
• Uyghur: ئازاب (azab) — condition
• Uzbek: azob — condition
• Vietnamese: khổ — condition
• Welsh: dioddefaint — condition
• Yiddish: יסורים (yisurem) — condition