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(intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to get lower https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low , fall https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall , sink https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sink , drop https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop (in height or altitude) (intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to fall, drop (in value or quantity) (intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to sink, lower oneself (morally); to condescend https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/condescend |
| Wiktionary Entry |
[View on Wiktionary] malaltiĝi Etymology From mal- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mal-#Esperanto + alta https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alta#Esperanto + -iĝi https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-i%C4%9Di#Esperanto . Pronunciation Verb malaltiĝi (present malaltiĝas , past malaltiĝis , future malaltiĝos , conditional malaltiĝus , volitive malaltiĝu ) - (
intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to get lower https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low , fall https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall , sink https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sink , drop https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drop (in height or altitude) - Willy van Zoest (translator), Blua Sango by Willy Wood, Chapter 11,
- La vojo altiĝis, malaltiĝis kaj kurbiĝis, kondukis rekte tra densaj arbaroj [...]
- The route went up and down ( lit. and went down), twisted and turned, led straight through dense forests [...]
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intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to get lower, fall (in pitch or volume) -
Lia voĉo malaltiĝis. ― His voice has got lower. - (
intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to fall, drop (in value or quantity) - Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 3, Chapter 3,
- armea ordono, laǔ kiu porcio da vino por oficiroj malaltiĝas je unu okono de litro
- an army order [...] reducing the ration of wine for each officer ( lit. according to which the ration of wine for officers was reduced) by an eighth of a litre (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)
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intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to sink, lower oneself (morally); to condescend https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/condescend - 1893, Enbe (Nikolao Borovko), “Nokto” in L. L. Zamenhof (editor), Fundamenta Krestomatio de la Lingvo Esperanto,
[1] http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8224/8224-h/8224-h.htm - la reĝo [...] malaltiĝas al ŝtelado
- the king lowers himself to stealing
Conjugation Related terms malaltiĝo https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalti%C4%9Do#Esperanto (“lowering; decrease; abasement”) |