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Malayalam
- 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 (rŭ)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
ദുസ്- • (dus-)
- a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard
- badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-.
- ദുസ്- (dus-) + കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ, “act, action”) → ദുഷ്കർമ്മം (duṣkaṟmmaṁ, “evil act”)
Derived terms