carrion

Etymology


The is derived from, , borrowed from , , , and , Northern , ,  (modern 🇨🇬), probably from , from  (ultimately from ) +. .

The regular modern English form would be,  (this is found dialectally; see similar ); the intervening  is probably  a hypercorrection based on the analogy of words like /.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
 * 2)  Corrupt or horrid matter.
 * 3)  Filth, garbage.
 * 4)  The flesh of a living human body; also, sinful human nature.
 * 5) A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
 * 6)  An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
 * 7)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  Corrupt or horrid matter.
 * 2)  Filth, garbage.
 * 3)  The flesh of a living human body; also, sinful human nature.
 * 4) A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
 * 5)  An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
 * 6)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1) A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
 * 2)  An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
 * 3)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
 * 2)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  A contemptible or worthless person.
 * 1)  A contemptible or worthless person.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: karkas
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: جِيفة, فَطِيسَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: cəmdək, leş
 * Bashkir: емтек, үләкһә
 * Basque: haratustel
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: mršina,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Faroese: ræ
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , carniza
 * Georgian: ლეში
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: κενέβρεια
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: ablach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 死肉, 腐肉
 * Latin: cadaver, morticīnus
 * Latvian:
 * Maori: pera
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: виля
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: åtsel, kadaver
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ǣs
 * Ottoman Turkish: لاش, مردار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: zdochlina
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tarifit: amurḍus
 * Thai: เนื้อเน่า, เนื้อตาย, ซากสัตว์
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: па́даль, па́дло, мертве́ччина, мертвечи́на, дохля́тина
 * Volapük: nimafun


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian:

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh.
 * 2) Disgusting, horrid, rotten.
 * 3)  Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful.
 * 4) Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
 * 5) Of or pertaining to death.
 * 1) Disgusting, horrid, rotten.
 * 2)  Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful.
 * 3) Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
 * 4) Of or pertaining to death.
 * 1)  Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful.
 * 2) Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
 * 3) Of or pertaining to death.
 * 1) Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to death.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to death.

Translations

 * Finnish: raato-
 * Macedonian: