infirmity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English infirm

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English infirmity

From infirm + -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɜːmɪti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɜɹməti/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

infirmity (countable and uncountable, plural infirmities)

1. Feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.

   Synonym: caducity

   physical infirmity

   mental infirmity

   suffer from an infirmity

   He bore the weight of old age and physical infirmity.

   Despite her infirmity, she remained mentally sharp.

2. A moral weakness or defect.

Translations

feebleness

• Bulgarian: слабост (bg) f (slabost), немощ (bg) f (nemošt)
• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: urewe class 11

• Finnish: raihnaisuus (fi), vanhuudenheikkous
• French: infirmité (fr) f
• German: Gebrechlichkeit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌹 n (unhaili)
• Greek: αδυναμία (el) f (adynamía), αναπηρία (el) f (anapiría)
• Hindi: दुर्बलता (hi) f (durbaltā), अशक्तता (hi) f (aśaktatā)
• Latin: debilitas f, infirmitas f, infirmitas f, infirmitas
• Manx: neufondid m, asslaynt f, meillid m
• Māori: tārututanga
• Romanian: infirmitate (ro) f, debilitate (ro) f
• Sanskrit: रपस् (sa) n (rapas)
• Spanish: enfermedad (es) f
• Swedish: skröplighet (sv) c, bräcklighet (sv) c
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: درمانسزلق (dermansızlık), ضعیفلق (zaʼiflık)