dolent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊlənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊlənt/
Adjective edit
dolent (comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)
- (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
- Poor wretch! who once hath paced that dolent city
Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity,
With horror ever deepening from the first.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 148:
- ‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering, in pain”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dolent (feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
dolent
Further reading edit
- “dolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “dolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “dolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French dolent, from Old French dolent, borrowed from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dolent (feminine dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dolent (strong nominative masculine singular dolenter, not comparable)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist dolent | sie ist dolent | es ist dolent | sie sind dolent | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dolenter | dolente | dolentes | dolente |
genitive | dolenten | dolenter | dolenten | dolenter | |
dative | dolentem | dolenter | dolentem | dolenten | |
accusative | dolenten | dolente | dolentes | dolente | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dolente | die dolente | das dolente | die dolenten |
genitive | des dolenten | der dolenten | des dolenten | der dolenten | |
dative | dem dolenten | der dolenten | dem dolenten | den dolenten | |
accusative | den dolenten | die dolente | das dolente | die dolenten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dolenter | eine dolente | ein dolentes | (keine) dolenten |
genitive | eines dolenten | einer dolenten | eines dolenten | (keiner) dolenten | |
dative | einem dolenten | einer dolenten | einem dolenten | (keinen) dolenten | |
accusative | einen dolenten | eine dolente | ein dolentes | (keine) dolenten |
Latin edit
Verb edit
dolent
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French dolent.
Adjective edit
dolent m (feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)
Descendants edit
- French: dolent
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).
Adjective edit
dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-
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