deficientia

Interlingua

Noun

deficientia (plural deficientias)

1. deficiency

Latin

Etymology

From dēficiens +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.fi.kiˈen.ti.a/, [d̪eːfɪkiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fi.t͡ʃiˈen.t͡si.a/, [d̪efit͡ʃiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēficientia f (genitive dēficientiae); first declension

1. deficiency, want

   Synonyms: pauperiēs, paupertās, egestās, indigentia, pēnūria, cāritās, dēsīderium, dēfectiō, angustia, inopia, necessitās, miseria

   Antonyms: cōpia, abundantia, affluentia, ūbertās, fertilitās, ūber, magnitūdō

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēficientia	dēficientiae
Genitive	dēficientiae	dēficientiārum
Dative	dēficientiae	dēficientiīs
Accusative	dēficientiam	dēficientiās
Ablative	dēficientiā	dēficientiīs
Vocative	dēficientia	dēficientiae

Descendants

• Catalan: deficiència
• French: déficience
• Italian: deficienza
• Portuguese: deficiência
• Romanian: deficiență
• Spanish: deficiencia

Participle

dēficientia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēficiēns

References

• “deficientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deficientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.