"halfdead" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halfdede}} Middle English halfdede, {{inh|en|ang|healfdēad|t=half-dead}} Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*halbadaudaz|t=halfdead}} Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), {{affix|en|half-|dead}} half- + dead, {{cog|fy|healdea|t=halfdead}} West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), {{cog|nl|halfdood|t=halfdead}} Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), {{cog|nds-de|halvdood|t=halfdead}} German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), {{cog|de|halbtot|t=halfdead}} German halbtot (“halfdead”), {{cog|sv|halvdöd|t=halfdead}} Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} halfdead (not comparable)
  1. Halfway dead; only partially alive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: half dead, half-dead Translations (halfway dead; partially alive): կիսամեռ (kisameṙ) (Armenian), অর্ধমৃত (ordhomrito) (Bengali), আধমরা (adhmora) [colloquial] (Bengali), polomrtvý [masculine] (Czech), halfdood (Dutch), demi-mort (French), અધમૂઉં (adhamūũ) (Gujarati), félholt (Hungarian), hálfdauður (Icelandic), bogmharbh (Irish), leathmharbh (Irish), díbheo (Irish), samcwic (Old English), healfdēad (Old English), półumarły (Polish), полумёртвый (polumjórtvyj) (Russian), halvdöd [ironic, sometimes] (Swedish), напівме́ртвий (napivmértvyj) (Ukrainian), півме́ртвий (pivmértvyj) [colloquial] (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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