malaltiĝi

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Etymology

From mal- +‎ alta +‎ -iĝi.

Pronunciation

Verb

malaltiĝi (present malaltiĝas, past malaltiĝis, future malaltiĝos, conditional malaltiĝus, volitive malaltiĝu)

  1. (intransitive) to get lower, fall, sink, 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
  2. (intransitive) to get lower, fall (in pitch or volume)
    Lia voĉo malaltiĝis.His voice has got lower.
  3. (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)
  4. (intransitive) to sink, lower oneself (morally); to condescend
    • 1893, Enbe (Nikolao Borovko), “Nokto” in L. L. Zamenhof (editor), Fundamenta Krestomatio de la Lingvo Esperanto,
      la reĝo [...] malaltiĝas al ŝtelado
      the king lowers himself to stealing

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