"ദുസ്-" meaning in Malayalam

See ദുസ്- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /d̪us-/ Forms: dus- [romanization], ദുഃ- [alternative], ദുർ- [alternative], ദുശ്- [alternative], ദുഷ്- [alternative], ദൂ- [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ml|sa|दुस्-}} Borrowed from Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-) Head templates: {{head|ml|prefix}} ദുസ്- • (dus-)
  1. a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ദുസ്--ml-prefix-p7hfFziY Categories (other): Malayalam entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Malayalam entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ദുസ്--ml-prefix-Mh6eJJzX Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
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      "form": "dus-",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ദുഃ-",
      "roman": "duḥ-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുർ-",
      "roman": "duṟ-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുശ്-",
      "roman": "duś-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുഷ്-",
      "roman": "duṣ-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദൂ-",
      "roman": "dū-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ml",
  "pos": "prefix",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "47 53",
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        [
          "difficult",
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        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ],
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        },
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        }
      ],
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        {
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        "badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-."
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        ]
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪us-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ദുസ്-"
}
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    "Malayalam lemmas",
    "Malayalam prefixes",
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    "Malayalam terms derived from Sanskrit",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുഃ-",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുർ-",
      "roman": "duṟ-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദുശ്-",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ദുഷ്-",
      "roman": "duṣ-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ദൂ-",
      "roman": "dū-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "bad",
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        ],
        [
          "difficult",
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        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ],
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          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
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        ],
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          "un-",
          "un-#English"
        ]
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪us-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ദുസ്-"
}

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