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Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian سستی (sustī). سُسْت (sust, “lazy, idle”) + ـی (-ī).
Pronunciation
Noun
سُسْتِی • (sustī) f (Hindi spelling सुस्ती)
- laziness, sloth
- Synonym: آلَس (ālas)
Declension
| Declension of سستی
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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سُسْتِی (sustī)
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سُسْتِِیاں (sustiyā̃)
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| oblique
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سُسْتِی (sustī)
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سُسْتِِیوں (sustiyō̃)
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| vocative
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سُسْتِی (sustī)
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سُسْتِِیو (sustiyō)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
سَسْتِی • (sastī) (Hindi spelling सस्ती)
- feminine of سَسْتَا (sastā, “cheap”)
Further reading
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “sustī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “سستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.