ദുസ്-

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Malayalam

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Alternative forms

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  • ദുഃ- (duḥ-)before ശ്, ഷ്, സ് (śŭ, ṣŭ, sŭ), rarely before ക്, ഖ്, പ്, ഫ് (kŭ, khŭ, pŭ, phŭ)
  • ദുർ- (duṟ-)before vowels and voiced consonants
  • ദുശ്- (duś-)before ച്, ഛ് (cŭ, chŭ) and rarely before ശ് (śŭ)
  • ദുഷ്- (duṣ-)before ക്, ഖ്, പ്, ഫ് (kŭ, khŭ, pŭ, phŭ) and rarely before ഷ് (ṣŭ)
  • ദൂ- (dū-)before ര് ()

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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ദുസ്- (dus-)

  1. a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard
  2. badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-.
    ദുസ്- (dus-) + ‎കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ, act, action) → ‎ദുഷ്കർമ്മം (duṣkaṟmmaṁ, evil act)

Derived terms

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