See needy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "gloss"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*naudigaz",
"4": "",
"5": "of need, forced, compelled"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "need",
"3": "y",
"id2": "adjectival"
},
"expansion": "need + -y",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "nedy"
},
"expansion": "Scots nedy",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "niedich",
"3": "",
"4": "miserable, poor, wretched, needy"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "nöödich",
"t": "necessary, needful"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "nedich",
"t": "needful, needed"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "nodig",
"3": "",
"4": "necessary"
},
"expansion": "Dutch nodig (“necessary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "nōdich",
"3": "",
"4": "necessary, urgent, by requirement"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "nötig",
"3": "",
"4": "necessary, needful"
},
"expansion": "German nötig (“necessary, needful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "nødig",
"3": "",
"4": "necessary"
},
"expansion": "Danish nødig (“necessary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nödig",
"3": "",
"4": "necessary"
},
"expansion": "Swedish nödig (“necessary”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "nauðugur",
"3": "",
"4": "constrained"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English nedy, nedi (“necessitous”), from Old English nēdiġ, *nīediġ (\"of need, obligated, compelled\"; found in the derivative nīediġnes (“obligation”)), from Proto-Germanic *naudigaz (“of need, forced, compelled”), equivalent to need + -y. Cognate with Scots nedy, neidy (“needy, necessitous, impoverished”), Saterland Frisian niedich (“miserable, poor, wretched, needy”), Saterland Frisian nöödich (“necessary, needful”), West Frisian nedich (“needful, needed”), Dutch nodig (“necessary”), Middle Low German nōdich (“necessary, urgent, by requirement”), German nötig (“necessary, needful”), Danish nødig (“necessary”), Swedish nödig (“necessary”), Icelandic nauðugur (“constrained”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "needier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "neediest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "needy (comparative needier, superlative neediest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Needy people want to give too, but have few material goods to offer.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 February 29, Aidan Foster-Carter, “North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes”, in BBC News:",
"text": "Such monitoring has often been a sticking point in the past, amid fears that food aid might be diverted to the Northern elite - or its military - rather than the needy.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In need; poor."
],
"links": [
[
"In need",
"in need"
],
[
"poor",
"poor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's emotionally exhausting to be around her because she's so needy.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence."
],
"links": [
[
"affirmation",
"affirmation"
],
[
"self-confidence",
"self-confidence"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1861, Isaak August Dorner, Patrick Fairbairn, History of the development of the doctrine of the person of Christ:",
"text": "It is the measure of things, and their time (that is, their measure, as to space and time), and yet it is above, and prior to, time: it is full in needy things, and overflows in full things; it is unutterable, innominable: it is above understanding […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Needful; necessary."
],
"links": [
[
"Needful",
"needful"
],
[
"necessary",
"necessary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) Needful; necessary."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːdi/"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-needy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/En-us-needy.ogg/En-us-needy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/En-us-needy.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːdi"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miskīn",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "مِسْكِين"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "muhotaj",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "মুহতাজ"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "miśokin",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "মিসকিন"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "beden",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "беден"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nuždaešt se",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "нуждаещ се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "necessitat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "freturós"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "potřebný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "chudý"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "puutteenalainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "vähävarainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "köyhä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "dans le besoin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "nécessiteux"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gač̣irvebuli",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "გაჭირვებული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sač̣iroebis mkone",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "საჭიროების მქონე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "bedürftig"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "alaþarba",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khreîos",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "χρεῖος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "deómenos",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "δεόμενος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "díothach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "povero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "indigente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "bisognoso"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "egens"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "inops"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "takaonge"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "trengende"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niâzmand",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "نیازمند"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "faqir",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "فقیر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "potrzebujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "biedujący"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "necessitado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "carenciado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "sărac"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "nevoiaș"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nuždájuščijsja",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "нужда́ющийся"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhrigu",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "ध्रिगु"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "uireasbhach"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "necesitado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "pobre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "menesteroso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "behövande"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "muhtaç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "yoksul"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "fakir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nuždénnyj",
"sense": "in need, poor",
"word": "нужде́нний"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "needing constant affirmation",
"word": "carente"
}
],
"word": "needy"
}
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