shy

Symbol

 * 1)  The native name for the.

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective



 * 1) Easily frightened; timid.
 * 2) Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
 * 3) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
 * 4)  Short, insufficient or less than.
 * 5) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
 * 2)  Short, insufficient or less than.
 * 3) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
 * 2)  Short, insufficient or less than.
 * 3) Embarrassed.
 * 1)  Short, insufficient or less than.
 * 2) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Embarrassed.
 * 1) Embarrassed.

Usage notes

 * Often used in combination with a noun to produce an adjective or adjectival phrase.
 * Adjectives are usually applicable to animals (leash-shy "shy of leashes" or head shy "shy of contact around the head" (of horses)) or to children.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَجُول,
 * Assamese: লাজুকা, লাজুকী, লাজকুৰীয়া, লাজুক, লাজুৱা
 * Belarusian: палахлі́вы, пужлі́вы, страшлі́вы, бая́зны, нясме́лы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech:, , nesmělý
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: timema
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: medoso
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: faiteach
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: timidus, pavidus
 * Latvian:, kautrīgs
 * Macedonian: срамежлив
 * Manx: faitagh
 * Marshallese: jok
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: sċēoh
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Slovak: plachý, nesmelý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: полохли́вий,, страшли́вий, несмі́лий
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Winnebago: hirošišik


 * Arabic: خَجُول
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: сарамлі́вы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: reservat
 * Cherokee: ᎤᏕᎰᏌᏘ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ;  (verb)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: genert
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: reservado
 * Georgian: მორცხვი
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: schüüch
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: ujo, armolliin
 * Interlingua: timide
 * Irish: cúthail, cotúil, coimhthíoch
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 恥ずかしがり屋, , ; 人見知りする (verb)
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 낯가리다
 * Ladino: arrezistado, entravado
 * Latin: verēcundus
 * Latvian:, kautrīgs
 * Lishana Deni: נכופא
 * Louisiana Creole French: timid
 * Maori: pūihi, whakakōkiri, memeke
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠦᠷᠦᠭ, ᠪᠢᠰᠢᠭᠦᠷᠬᠡᠬᠦ
 * Norwegian: sjenert
 * Old English: sċēoh
 * Ottoman Turkish: محجوب
 * Plautdietsch: bescheiden
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: соромли́вий,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Winnebago: hirošišik


 * Belarusian: баязлі́вы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფრთხილი
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, полохли́вий
 * Winnebago: hirošišik


 * Bulgarian: недостигащ
 * Czech: těsně před, o něco méně než
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: مُوَرَّط
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: stydící se, stydlivý
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, feszélyezve érzi magát
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian:, kautrīgs
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Danish:,  ,  ,
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Somali:
 * Volapük:

Verb

 * 1)  To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
 * 2) * (page 172)
 * Courts might tend to shy from limiting Congress under such a vague standard.
 * 1)  To jump back in fear.
 * 2)  To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
 * 3)  To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
 * 4)  To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
 * 1)  To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
 * 2)  To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
 * 1)  To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
 * 2)  To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
 * 1)  To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
 * 2)  To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.

Translations

 * Czech: uskočit, uskakovat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Irish: scinn
 * Italian: adombrarsi
 * Russian:, , ,


 * Czech: hodit sebou, mrštit sebou, praštit sebou, házet sebou, mrskat sebou
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) An act of throwing.
 * 2) A place for throwing.
 * 3) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
 * 4) In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
 * 5)  A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
 * 6)  In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
 * 7)  A gibe; a sneer.
 * 1) In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
 * 2)  A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
 * 3)  In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
 * 4)  A gibe; a sneer.

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:, ,


 * Dutch: gooiplek, gooiplaats
 * Finnish: