limp
An irregular, jerky or awkward gaitAn irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
» Why are you walking with a limp?
Почему ты прихрамываешь? — Wezel
Чому ти шкутильгаєш? — deniko
Чому ви шкутильгаєте? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesAn irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
She walks with a limp.
Gehbehinderung, Hinken
хромота́xromotá
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Schraper, Kratzer
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
- the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Examples
118 sentencesWhy are you walking with a limp?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш? — deniko
ruПочему ты прихрамываешь? — Wezel
Why are you limping?
Чому ти шкутильгаєш? — deniko
ruТы чего хромаешь? — sharptoothed
deWarum humpelst du? — Dani6187
You're not limping anymore.
Ти більше не шкутильгаєш. — deniko
ruТы больше не хромаешь. — odexed
He walked with a limp.
Він йшов кульгаючи. — ascolto
ruОн шёл прихрамывая. — NastyaKayokhtina
Tom is limping.
Том шкутильгає. — deniko
deTom hinkt. — Vortarulo
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West GerFrom Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).
From Middle English *limp, *lemp, from Old English *lemp (recorded only in compound lemphealt (“limping”), from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Cognate with German lampecht (“flaccid, limp”), Icelandic lempinn, lempiligur (“pliable, gentle”). See above.
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