"fall ill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: falls ill [present, singular, third-person], falling ill [participle, present], fell ill [past], fallen ill [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> ill}} fall ill (third-person singular simple present falls ill, present participle falling ill, simple past fell ill, past participle fallen ill)
  1. To become ill, to get sick, to sicken. Synonyms: fall sick, take ill, take sick, be taken ill, be taken sick, be taken bad Translations (become ill): 𒈪𒉭 (marāṣu, GIG) (Akkadian), sëmurem (Albanian), مَرِضَ (mariḍa) (Arabic), أُصِيبَ بِالْمَرَض (ʔuṣība bi-l-maraḍ) (Arabic), հիվանդանալ (hivandanal) (Armenian), xəstələnmək (Azerbaijani), naxoşlamaq (Azerbaijani), azarlamaq (Azerbaijani), ауырып китеү (awırıp kitew) (Bashkir), ауырыу (awırıw) (Bashkir), сирләү (sirləw) (Bashkir), захво́рваць (zaxvórvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), захварэ́ць (zaxvarécʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), занемага́ць (zanjemahácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), занемагчы́ (zanjemahčý) [perfective] (Belarusian), заняду́жваць (zanjadúžvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), заняду́жыць (zanjadúžycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), kleñvel (Breton), разболя́вам се (razboljávam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), разболе́я се (razboléja se) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ammaladiai (Campidanese Sardinian), 生病 (shēngbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 得病 (débìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 患病 (huànbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), onemocnět [perfective] (Czech), blive syg (Danish), ziek worden (Dutch), malsaniĝi (Esperanto), haigestuma (Estonian), sairastua (Finnish), tomber malade (French), enfermar (Galician), erkranken (German), krank werden (German), αρρωσταίνω (arrostaíno) (Greek), बीमार पड़ना (bīmār paṛnā) (Hindi), megbetegedik (Hungarian), verða veikur (Icelandic), maladeskar (Ido), meathlaigh (Irish), galraigh (Irish), ammalarsi (Italian), 病気になる (byōki ni naru) (alt: びょうきになる) (Japanese), ауырып қалу (auyryp qalu) (Kazakh), 병에 걸리다 (byeong-e geollida) (Korean), 병이 나다 (byeong-i nada) (Korean), ооруп калуу (oorup kaluu) (Kyrgyz), aegrēscō (Latin), saslimt (Latvian), susirgti (Lithuanian), schórjeś [perfective] (Lower Sorbian), заболува (zaboluva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), заболи (zaboli) [perfective] (Macedonian), buohccát (Northern Sami), bli syk (Norwegian Bokmål), خستهلانمق (hastalanmak) (Ottoman Turkish), بیمار شدن (bimâr šodan) (Persian), zachorować [perfective] (Polish), adoecer (Portuguese), qishyay (Quechua), a se îmbolnăvi (Romanian), заболева́ть (zabolevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заболе́ть (zabolétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), захвора́ть (zaxvorátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), занеду́жить (zanedúžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), занемога́ть (zanemogátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), занемо́чь (zanemóčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), maladiàre [Logudorese] (Sardinian), nesigare [Logudorese] (Sardinian), cadí maraddu (Sassarese), разболе́вати се [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), разболије́вати се [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), разбо̀лети се [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), разбо̀љети се [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), razbolévati se [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), razbolijévati se [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), razbòleti se [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), razbòljeti se [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ochorieť [perfective] (Slovak), onemocnieť [perfective] (Slovak), zaľahnúť [perfective] (Slovak), zbolevati [imperfective] (Slovene), zboleti [perfective] (Slovene), caer enfermo (Spanish), enfermar (Spanish), enfermarse (Spanish), insjukna (Swedish), bli sjuk (Swedish), бемор шудан (bemor šudan) (Tajik), ล้มป่วย (Thai), ล้มเจ็บ (Thai), hastalanmak (Turkish), hasta olmak (Turkish), rahatsızlanmak (Turkish), захво́рювати (zaxvórjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), захворі́ти (zaxvoríty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), занеду́жувати (zanedúžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), занеду́жати (zanedúžaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), بیمار پڑنا (bīmār paṛnā) (Urdu), kasallanmoq (Uzbek), betoblanmoq (Uzbek), kasal boʻlib qolmoq (Uzbek), bị ốm (Vietnamese), malädikön (Volapük), mynd yn wael (Welsh), tamaia (Yámana)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "xəstələnmək"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "naxoşlamaq"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "azarlamaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "awırıp kitew",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ауырып китеү"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "awırıw",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ауырыу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "sirləw",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "сирләү"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zaxvórvacʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захво́рваць"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zaxvarécʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "захварэ́ць"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjemahácʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "занемага́ць"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjemahčý",
          "sense": "become ill",
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjadúžvacʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заняду́жваць"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zanjadúžycʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заняду́жыць"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "kleñvel"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razboljávam se",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разболя́вам се"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razboléja se",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разболе́я се"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēngbìng",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "生病"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "débìng",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "得病"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huànbìng",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "患病"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "onemocnět"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "blive syg"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ziek worden"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "malsaniĝi"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "haigestuma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "sairastua"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "tomber malade"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "enfermar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "erkranken"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "krank werden"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "arrostaíno",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "αρρωσταίνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bīmār paṛnā",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "बीमार पड़ना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "megbetegedik"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "verða veikur"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "maladeskar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "meathlaigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "galraigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ammalarsi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "びょうきになる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "byōki ni naru",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "病気になる"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "auyryp qalu",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ауырып қалу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "byeong-e geollida",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "병에 걸리다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "byeong-i nada",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "병이 나다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oorup kaluu",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ооруп калуу"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "aegrēscō"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "saslimt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "susirgti"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zaboluva",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заболува"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zaboli",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заболи"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "buohccát"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "bli syk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "hastalanmak",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "خستهلانمق"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bimâr šodan",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "بیمار شدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zachorować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "adoecer"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "qishyay"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "a se îmbolnăvi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zabolevátʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заболева́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zabolétʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заболе́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaxvorátʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захвора́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanedúžitʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "занеду́жить"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanemogátʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занемога́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zanemóčʹ",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "занемо́чь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ammaladiai"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "maladiàre"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Logudorese"
          ],
          "word": "nesigare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "cadí maraddu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разболе́вати се"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разболије́вати се"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбо̀лети се"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбо̀љети се"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "razbolévati se"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "razbolijévati se"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "razbòleti se"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "razbòljeti se"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ochorieť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "onemocnieť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaľahnúť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zbolevati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zboleti"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "schórjeś"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "caer enfermo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "enfermar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "enfermarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "insjukna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "bli sjuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "bemor šudan",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "бемор шудан"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ล้มป่วย"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "ล้มเจ็บ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "hastalanmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "hasta olmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "rahatsızlanmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxvórjuvaty",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захво́рювати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxvoríty",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захворі́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zanedúžuvaty",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "занеду́жувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zanedúžaty",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "занеду́жати"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bīmār paṛnā",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "بیمار پڑنا"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "kasallanmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "betoblanmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "kasal boʻlib qolmoq"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "bị ốm"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "malädikön"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "mynd yn wael"
        },
        {
          "code": "yag",
          "lang": "Yámana",
          "sense": "become ill",
          "word": "tamaia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall ill"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls ill",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling ill",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell ill",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen ill",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> ill"
      },
      "expansion": "fall ill (third-person singular simple present falls ill, present participle falling ill, simple past fell ill, past participle fallen ill)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "We come into contact with germ-infested surfaces all day, every day, but we don’t keep falling catastrophically ill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become ill, to get sick, to sicken."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "get sick",
          "get sick"
        ],
        [
          "sicken",
          "sicken"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fall sick"
        },
        {
          "word": "take ill"
        },
        {
          "word": "take sick"
        },
        {
          "word": "be taken ill"
        },
        {
          "word": "be taken sick"
        },
        {
          "word": "be taken bad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "marāṣu, GIG",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "𒈪𒉭"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "sëmurem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mariḍa",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "مَرِضَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔuṣība bi-l-maraḍ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "أُصِيبَ بِالْمَرَض"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hivandanal",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "հիվանդանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "xəstələnmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "naxoşlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "azarlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "awırıp kitew",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ауырып китеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "awırıw",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ауырыу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sirləw",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "сирләү"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaxvórvacʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захво́рваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zaxvarécʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захварэ́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjemahácʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занемага́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjemahčý",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "занемагчы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjadúžvacʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заняду́жваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zanjadúžycʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заняду́жыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "kleñvel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razboljávam se",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разболя́вам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razboléja se",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разболе́я се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngbìng",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "生病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "débìng",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "得病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huànbìng",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "患病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "onemocnět"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "blive syg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ziek worden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "malsaniĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "haigestuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "sairastua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "tomber malade"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "enfermar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "erkranken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "krank werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arrostaíno",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "αρρωσταίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bīmār paṛnā",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "बीमार पड़ना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "megbetegedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "verða veikur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "maladeskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "meathlaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "galraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ammalarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びょうきになる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "byōki ni naru",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "病気になる"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "auyryp qalu",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ауырып қалу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeong-e geollida",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "병에 걸리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeong-i nada",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "병이 나다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oorup kaluu",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ооруп калуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "aegrēscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "saslimt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "susirgti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zaboluva",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заболува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zaboli",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заболи"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "buohccát"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "bli syk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "hastalanmak",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "خستهلانمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bimâr šodan",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "بیمار شدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zachorować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "adoecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "qishyay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "a se îmbolnăvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabolevátʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заболева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabolétʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заболе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxvorátʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захвора́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanedúžitʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "занеду́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanemogátʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занемога́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanemóčʹ",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "занемо́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ammaladiai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "maladiàre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Logudorese"
      ],
      "word": "nesigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "cadí maraddu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разболе́вати се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разболије́вати се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбо̀лети се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбо̀љети се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "razbolévati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "razbolijévati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "razbòleti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "razbòljeti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ochorieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "onemocnieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaľahnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbolevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zboleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "schórjeś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "caer enfermo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "enfermar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "enfermarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "insjukna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "bli sjuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bemor šudan",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "бемор шудан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ล้มป่วย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "ล้มเจ็บ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "hastalanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "hasta olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "rahatsızlanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxvórjuvaty",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захво́рювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxvoríty",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захворі́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zanedúžuvaty",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занеду́жувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zanedúžaty",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "занеду́жати"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bīmār paṛnā",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "بیمار پڑنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "kasallanmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "betoblanmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "kasal boʻlib qolmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "bị ốm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "malädikön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "mynd yn wael"
    },
    {
      "code": "yag",
      "lang": "Yámana",
      "sense": "become ill",
      "word": "tamaia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall ill"
}

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