moribund

English

WOTD – 28 October 2007

Etymology

From French moribond, from Latin moribundus (“dying”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːɹɪbʌnd/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: mor‧i‧bund

Adjective

moribund (not comparable)

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206:
  These moribund shapes were free as air - and nearly as thin.
(figurative) Almost obsolete; nearing an end.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

approaching death

Bulgarian: умиращ (bg) (umirašt)
Catalan: moribund (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 垂死 (zh) (chuísǐ), 腐朽 (zh) (fǔxiǔ), 瀕死／濒死 (zh) (bīnsǐ)
Czech: moribundní
Finnish: kuoleva (fi)
French: moribond (fr), mourant (fr)
Galician: moribundo (gl)
German: moribund (de), todgeweiht (de)
Greek: ετοιμοθάνατος (el) (etoimothánatos)
Hungarian: haldokló (hu), halódó
Icelandic: dauðvona (is), (to be moribund) liggja fyrir dauðanum, að dauða kominn
Irish: díbheo
Italian: moribondo (it), morente (it)
Japanese: 瀕死の (ja) (ひんしの, hinshi-no), 死にかけている (shi-ni kakete iru)
Latin: moribundus (la)
Malay: nazak
Manx: neuvioal, neuvioyr, raad y vaaish, gyn leihill, lhiastagh, lieh-vio
Norwegian: døende (no)
Polish: umierający, konający
Portuguese: moribundo (pt), morrediço, morrente (pt)
Russian: умира́ющий (ru) (umirájuščij), агони́рующий (agonírujuščij), загнива́ющий (ru) (zagnivájuščij)
Sanskrit: मारुक (sa) (māruka)
Serbo-Croatian: moribundan, umirući, samrtnički (sh), agonalni
Spanish: moribundo (es), mortecino (es)
Swedish: döende (sv)
Thai: ร่อแร่ (th) (rɔ̂ɔ-rɛ̂ɛ)
Turkish: can çekişen
Ukrainian: вмираючий (vmyrajučyj)

almost obsolete

Finnish: poistuva (fi), loppuva (fi), katoava (fi)
Hungarian: kihalófélben lévő, kihalóban lévő
Russian: устарева́ющий (ru) (ustarevájuščij), выходя́щий из употребле́ния (vyxodjáščij iz upotreblénija)
Swedish: utdöende (sv)
Ukrainian: відсталий (vidstalyj), той, що виходить з вжитку (toj, ščo vyxodytʹ z vžytku)

Noun

moribund (plural moribunds)

A person who is near to dying.

Anagrams

unmorbid

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moʁiˈbʊnt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ʊnt

Adjective

moribund (strong nominative masculine singular moribunder, not comparable)

(also figurative) moribund (approaching death)

Declension

Positive forms of moribund (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist moribund	sie ist moribund	es ist moribund	sie sind moribund
strong declension (without article)	nominative	moribunder	moribunde	moribundes	moribunde
	genitive	moribunden	moribunder	moribunden	moribunder
	dative	moribundem	moribunder	moribundem	moribunden
	accusative	moribunden	moribunde	moribundes	moribunde
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der moribunde	die moribunde	das moribunde	die moribunden
	genitive	des moribunden	der moribunden	des moribunden	der moribunden
	dative	dem moribunden	der moribunden	dem moribunden	den moribunden
	accusative	den moribunden	die moribunde	das moribunde	die moribunden
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein moribunder	eine moribunde	ein moribundes	(keine) moribunden
	genitive	eines moribunden	einer moribunden	eines moribunden	(keiner) moribunden
	dative	einem moribunden	einer moribunden	einem moribunden	(keinen) moribunden
	accusative	einen moribunden	eine moribunde	ein moribundes	(keine) moribunden

Further reading

“moribund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“moribund” in Duden online
“moribund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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