English · noun

laziness

‘unwillingness to work’
lazy+-nessST

-ness — abstract state

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
laziness
lazy+-nessabstract state
French
paresse
paresse
Hindi
सुस्तीsustī
सुस्त+-ईabstract state
Telugu
Tamil
சோம்பல்cōmpal
சோம்பல்

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  1. 01laziness is an English noun formed from the stem lazy with the suffix -ness (abstract state).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-ness
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('unwillingness to work') is represented as STATE_OF(NEG(HAVE(WANT, WORK))) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French paresse (translation equivalent); Hindi सुस्ती (sustī) (translation equivalent); Tamil சோம்பல் (cōmpal) (translation equivalent); Telugu సోమరితనం (sōmaritanaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment