scarce

Etymology
From, , , , from , "sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French, 🇨🇬, of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives originally from a, , a participle form of , from + ; yet the sense evolution is difficult to trace. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Adjective

 * 1)  Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
 * 2) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
 * 1) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
 * 1) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:rare

Translations

 * Arabic: نَادِر
 * Azerbaijani: qıt, qəhət
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 缺乏的
 * Czech:
 * Danish: knap
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: napp
 * Finnish:,  ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπάνιος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: trūcīgs
 * Macedonian: оскуден
 * Maori: onge, ongeonge, mōmōhanga, mōtī
 * Navajo: bídin hóyééʼ
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gann, ainneamh
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: uyak
 * Turkish:

Adverb

 * 1)  Scarcely, only just.