lacega

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Etymology

laca (tired) +‎ -eg-.

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  • Rhymes: -eɡa
  • Hyphenation: la‧ce‧ga

Adjective

lacega (accusative singular lacegan, plural lacegaj, accusative plural lacegajn)

  1. exhausted, very tired
    • 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo:
      Sed li estis tiel lacega, ke li uzis preskaŭ tri horojn por trafi sian celon.
      But he was so exhausted that he used almost three hours to hit his target.
    • 1983, Claude Piron, Gerda malaperis!:
      Unuvorte, ŝi estis lacega, kaj ŝajnis al ŝi, ke ĉiuj muskoloj de ŝia korpo plendas pri troa laboro, nehome peza, nehome malfacila, nehome laciga.
      In one word, she was exhausted, and it appeared to her that all muscles of her body complain of too much work, inhumanly heavy, inhumanly difficult, inhumanly tiring.
    • 2013, Ĵenja Yevgeniya Amis, “Mia malkovro de Japanio”, in Kontakto:
      Lacegaj post preskaŭ du tagoj sen dormo, ni iras al nia bela japanstila tatama ĉambro.
      Exhausted after almost two days without sleep, we go to our beautiful Japanese style tatami room.