verb · transitive · rare

ail

ail · ails · ailed · ailing

турбувати, хвилювати, непокоїти

беспокоить, тревожить, болеть, недомогать

weh tun, leiden, krank sein, plagen

To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflictTo cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

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/ˈeɪ̯l/

» What ails you?

Что тебя беспокоит?

Что вас беспокоит?

Що тебе засмучує?

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
Have some chicken soup. It's good for what ails you.
weh tun, plagen
трево́житьtrevóžitʹ, беспоко́итьbespokóitʹ
(intransitive)To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
kränklich sein, leiden, krank sein
боле́тьbolétʹ, недомога́тьnedomogátʹ
be ill or unwell

Examples

10 sentences

What ails you?
Що тебе засмучує?
ruЧто тебя беспокоит?
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The ailing aunt let out a sigh.
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My heart, the poor thing, is ailing.
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I know the cure for what ails you.
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What's ailing you?
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to cause to suffer:

to be ill:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to cause to suffer:

to be ill:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”

Inherited from Middle English eilen, from Old English eġlan, eġlian (“to trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną (“to trouble, vex”), cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan, “to distress”).

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