plight

Etymology 1
From, conflation of (from  "danger, risk") and , from  (from , from ).

Noun

 * 1) A dire or unfortunate situation.
 * 2)  A (neutral) condition or state.
 * 3)  Good health.
 * 1)  A (neutral) condition or state.
 * 2)  Good health.
 * 1)  Good health.
 * 1)  Good health.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: tíživá situace, těžký úděl
 * Dutch: benarde toestand
 * Finnish:
 * French: situation désespérée
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: nehéz/szorult/sanyarú helyzet, megszorultság
 * Italian:, brutta situazione
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:, kinkig,
 * Polish: kłopoty,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: тру́дное / бе́дственное / отча́янное положе́ние / ситуа́ция
 * Serbo-Croatian: nedaća
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Etymology 2
From, from , from. A suffixed form of the root represented by Old English and. Akin to Old English. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
 * 2)  An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
 * 3)  Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
 * 4)  One's office; duty; charge.
 * 5)  That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

Translations

 * Finnish:, , , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To expose to risk; to pledge.
 * 2)  Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
 * 3)  To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.

Etymology 3
From, , , , , from the noun (see below).

Verb

 * 1)  To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Etymology 4
From, , , , from. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.