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Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
kahinay - hinay - ka-~
ka.hi.nay. - 3 syllables

ka- = kahinay
kahinay

kahinay [ka.hí.nay.] : slowness (n.)
hinay [hí.nay.] : slow (adj.); sluggish (adj.)

Derivatives of hinay


Glosses:
slowness
n. (cognition)1. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slownessunskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
~ unskillfulnessa lack of cognitive skill.
~ rustinessineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice.; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
n. (attribute)2. deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriednessa rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.
~ pace, ratethe relative speed of progress or change.; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
~ leisurelinessslowness by virtue of being leisurely.
~ dilatoriness, procrastinationslowness as a consequence of not getting around to it.
n. (cognition)3. backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, slowness, subnormalitylack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
~ stupiditya poor ability to understand or to profit from experience.
~ mental defectiveness, abnormalityretardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence.
~ mental deficiency, moronitymild mental retardation.
~ amentia, idiocyextreme mental retardation.
~ imbecilityretardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot.
sluggish
adj. 1. sluggish, sulkymoving slowly.; "a sluggish stream"
~ slownot moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
adj. 2. dull, slow, sluggish(of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprisethe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business"
~ inactivelacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
adj. 3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpidslow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
~ inactivenot active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"