bedridden

See also: bed-ridden

English

Alternative forms

• bed-ridden

Etymology

From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives, equivalent to bed +‎ rider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

Adjective

bedridden (not comparable)

1. Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
   • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the estate of a bedridden old gentleman

Synonyms

• (confined to bed): bedfast, bedbound

Derived terms

• bedriddenness

 

Translations

confined to bed

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: մահճակալ (mahčakal)

• Bulgarian: прикова́н на легло́ (prikován na legló)
• Catalan: enllitat, allitat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: bedlegerig (nl)
• Esperanto: litmalsana
• Finnish: vuoteenoma (fi)
• French: alité (fr), cloué au lit, grabataire (fr)
• German: bettlägerig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κλινοπετής (klinopetḗs)

• Irish: cróilí
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• Italian: degente, allettato (it)
• Norman: grabataithe, au pliâtre
• Norwegian: sengeliggende
• Portuguese: acamado
• Russian: прико́ванный к посте́ли (prikóvannyj k postéli)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прикован за кревет, везан за кревет

  Latin: prikovan za krevet, vezan za krevet

• Spanish: confinado en cama, postrado en cama m, encamado (es) m
• Swedish: sängliggande, sängbunden
• Tagalog: datay, nakaratay, nasa banig ng karamdaman
• Turkish: yatalak (tr)
• Welsh: gorweiddiog (cy)