English · noun

weakness

‘the state of being weak’
weak+-nessST

-ness — abstract state

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
weakness
weak+-nessabstract state
French
faiblesse
faible+-esseabstract state
Hindi
कमज़ोरीkamzorī
कमज़ोर+-ईabstract state
Telugu
బలహీనతbalahīnata
బలహీన+-తabstract state
Tamil

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  1. 01weakness is an English noun formed from the stem weak 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 being weak') can be approximated as STATE_OF(NEG(BIG)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French faiblesse (translation equivalent); Hindi कमज़ोरी (kamzorī) (translation equivalent); Tamil பலவீனம் (palavīṉam) (translation equivalent); Telugu బలహీనత (balahīnata) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment