Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Halfway dead; only partially alive.

    полумёртвыйpolumjórtvyj

    напівме́ртвийnapivmértvyj, півме́ртвийpivmértvyj

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
halfway dead; partially alive:
Русский
By meaning 1
halfway dead; partially alive:

Origin

From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germani

From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”).

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