svag

bad, dim, faint, feeble, gentle, limp, low, puny, slim, subtle, weak, woolly

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adj

(uden kraft) weak ( fx legs, heart, eyes, sight, army, team, government, resistance, argument, market),

(meget svag) feeble ( fx old man, pulse, attempt, attack, excuse);

(eftergivende) weak, over-fond ( fx parents), weakly indulgent;

(ubetydelig, lille) faint ( fx hope, chance, light, resemblance, suspicion), slight ( fx chance, hope, improvement),

(svagere) slender ( fx chance, hope);

(om kunstværk) feeble,

(middelmådig) mediocre;

(om lys, farve, lyd, erindring etc) faint ( fx colour, smell, sound, cry), dim ( fx light, recollection);

[ med sb:]

[svag bøjning]

(af sb og adj) weak declension,

(af vb) weak conjugation;

[en svag forestilling om] a faint (el. vague) idea of;

[stå på svage fødder] be shaky;

[svagt helbred] delicate health;

[have et svagt helbred] be delicate;

[svag karakter] weak character;

[det svage køn] the weaker sex;

[et svagt punkt] a weak point;

[hans svage punkt] his weak point;

[sætte fingeren på det svage punkt] put one's finger on the weak spot;

[hans svage side] his weak point;

[et svagt smil] a faint smile;

[et svagt verbum] a weak verb;

[svag vind] light breeze;

[i et svagt øjeblik] in a moment of weakness;

[ med præp:]

[svag i latin] weak in Latin;

[svag i knæene], se slap;

[svag over for]

(fx barn) weak with, indulgent to,

(fristelser) unable to resist.