dearth
To cause or produce a scarcity in somethingTo cause or produce a scarcity in something.
» Shortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
carlosalberto · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(dated, obsolete)To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
Hungersnot, Mangel, Knappheit
недоста́точностьnedostátočnostʹ, недоста́токnedostátok, нехва́ткаnexvátka
недостачаnedostača, голодholod, нестачаnestača
Examples
7 sentencesShortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
For a writer there is no dearth of detractors.
deEinem Schriftsteller mangelt es nie an Kritikern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There is no dearth of good will, only of courage.
ruВ доброй воле нет недостатка, только в храбрости. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
There is a dearth of available medical personnel to administer vaccines.
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Translations
9 languagesOrigin
First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s PentateuchFirst attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (“costliness, preciousness, honour”); corresponding to dear + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Saxon diuriða (“glory, honour; preciousness”), West Frisian djoerte (“love, dearness, value, worth”), Dutch duurte (“dearness; scarcity, dearth”), Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”).
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Forms
dearths, dearthing, dearthed, dearthedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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