dolent

English

Etymology

From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dolent (comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)

  1. (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 2011, p. 148:
      ‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-‎ (0 c, 11 e)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering, in pain”).

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /doˈlent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /duˈlen/
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Adjective

dolent (feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. bad
  2. evil
    Synonyms: malvat, malèfic
  3. (Valencia) ill

Derived terms

Verb

dolent

  1. present participle of doldre

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Middle French dolent, from Old French dolent, borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ.lɑ̃/

Adjective

dolent (feminine dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. (archaic) mournful

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolens.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [doˈlɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: do‧lent
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Adjective

dolent (strong nominative masculine singular dolenter, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) painful

Declension
Positive forms of dolent (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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

Verb

dolent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of doleō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dolent.

Adjective

dolent m (feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. sad

Descendants
  • French: dolent

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

Adjective

dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)

  1. painful; causing suffering and pain

Declension
Declension of dolent
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject dolenz dolente dolent
Oblique dolent dolente dolent
Plural Subject dolent dolentes dolent
Oblique dolents dolentes dolent

Descendants
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