English · noun

sadness

‘the state of feeling bad’
sad+-nessST

-ness — abstract state

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
sadness
sad+-nessabstract state
French
tristesse
triste+-esseabstract state
Hindi
उदासीudāsī
उदास+-ईabstract state
Telugu
దుఃఖంduḥkhaṁ
దుఃఖం
Tamil
வருத்தம்varuttam
வருத்தம்

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  1. 01sadness is an English noun formed from the stem sad with the suffix -ness (abstract state).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-ness
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('the state of feeling bad') is represented as STATE_OF(HAVE(FEEL, BAD)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French tristesse (translation equivalent); Hindi उदासी (udāsī) (translation equivalent); Tamil வருத்தம் (varuttam) (translation equivalent); Telugu దుఃఖం (duḥkhaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment