Weakness in Malayalam
Weakness is അശക്തി (ashakthi), formed from the word for power with a negative prefix, so it reads as the absence of strength. Say ashakthi with the stress on the second syllable and a clear kth cluster. It covers bodily weakness after illness as well as a weakness in a plan.
Weakness.
പനി കാരണം കാലിൽ അശക്തി തോന്നി.
pani kaaranam kaalil ashakthi thonni.
Because of fever I felt weakness in my legs.
All Malayalam words for “weakness”
- അശക്തി (ashakthi) — Weakness.
- അസത്വം (asathwam) — Weakness, absence of goodness.
- ദുര്ബ്ബലത (durbbalatha) — Weakness, powerlessness.
- ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം (dourbbalyam) — Weakness, frailty, invalidity.
- ബലക്ഷയം (balakshayam) — Weakness, loss of strength, impotence.
- ബലഹീനത (balaheenatha) — Weakness, lack of strength.
- താഴ്ച (thaazhcha) — Depth, weakness, decline, lowland.
- ക്ഷീണം (ksheenam) — Fatigue, tiredness, ruin, weakness.
- മന്ദത (mandhatha) — Stupidity, slowness, laziness, dullness, weakness, slovenliness.
- ക്ഷീണത (ksheenatha) — State of tiredness or weakness.
- ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യം (buddhimaandyam) — Mental weakness, debility, mental retardation, imbecility.
ദുര്ബ്ബലത (durbbalatha) and ബലഹീനത (balaheenatha) are close synonyms with a more formal tone, ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം (dourbbalyam) adds the legal sense of invalidity, and താഴ്ച (thaazhcha) means depth or decline first of all.
Common questions
How do you say weakness in Malayalam?
Weakness is അശക്തി (ashakthi).
Is there a word for a weakness in the sense of a soft spot for something?
Not among these. They all describe lack of strength; a fondness for something is expressed with the words for liking, not with these nouns.