आलसी (aalsii)
adjective
A single-sense word meaning 'lazy' -- describes a person's habitual disposition rather than a one-off action.
Sense
1
:
lazy, indolent
adjective
Synonyms: सुस्त (sust), निकम्मा (nikammaa, colloquial)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: A Delhi mother scolding a child who won't get out of bed on a winter morning will almost certainly reach for आलसी (aalsii) -- 'कितना आलसी है तू!' (kitnaa aalsii hai too, 'how lazy you are!') is a classic household line. It pairs naturally with the noun आलस (aalas), which describes the feeling of laziness/lethargy itself rather than the trait of being lazy.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to inflect it like a regular -आ adjective (e.g. आलसा (aalsaa) for masculine, आलसी (aalsii) for feminine) -- but आलसी (aalsii) stays the same form for both genders and for singular and plural, since it ends in the invariant -ई (ii) pattern, not the variable -आ (aa) pattern. 2) Don't confuse with आलस (aalas), the related noun meaning 'laziness' -- आलसी (aalsii) is the person-describing adjective, आलस (aalas) is the abstract quality itself, as in मुझे आलस आ रहा है (mujhe aalas aa rahaa hai, 'I'm feeling lazy/lethargic').
Sample Sentences:
कितना आलसी है तू!
How lazy you are!
(kitnaa aalsii hai too!)
वह बहुत आलसी लड़का है, कभी समय पर नहीं उठता।
He is a very lazy boy, he never gets up on time.
(vah bahut aalsii ladkaa hai, kabhii samay par nahiin uthtaa।)
स्कूल में सब उसे आलसी छात्र कहते थे।
In school everyone used to call him a lazy student.
(skool men sab use aalsii chhaatr kahte the।)
इतना आलसी मत बनो, कुछ काम कर लो।
Don't be so lazy, do some work.
(itnaa aalsii mat bano, kuchh kaam kar lo।)
अगर तुम इतने आलसी न होते तो अब तक नौकरी मिल गई होती।
If you weren't so lazy, you would have gotten a job by now.
(agar tum itne aalsii n hote to ab tak naukrii mil gaii hotii।)
उसकी सबसे बड़ी कमजोरी यह है कि वह बहुत आलसी है।
His biggest weakness is that he is very lazy.
(uskii sabse badii kamjorii yah hai ki vah bahut aalsii hai।)
आलसी कर्मचारियों को कंपनी से निकाल दिया जाएगा।
Lazy employees will be fired from the company.
(aalsii karmchaariyon ko kampnii se nikaal diyaa jaaegaa।)
काश मैं इतना आलसी न होता, तो सुबह ही जॉगिंग पर चला जाता।
I wish I weren't so lazy, then I would go jogging in the morning.
(kaash main itnaa aalsii n hotaa, to subah hii joging par chalaa jaataa।)
शायद वह आलसी हो, इसलिए काम पूरा नहीं कर पाया।
Maybe he is lazy, that's why he couldn't finish the work.
(shaayad vah aalsii ho, islie kaam pooraa nahiin kar paayaa।)
आलसी व्यक्ति कभी सफलता की ऊँचाइयों को नहीं छू सकता।
A lazy person can never touch the heights of success.
(aalsii vyakti kabhii saphaltaa kii oonchaaiyon ko nahiin chhoo saktaa।)
बचपन में वह इतना आलसी था कि होमवर्क तक नहीं करता था।
In childhood he was so lazy that he wouldn't even do his homework.
(bachpan men vah itnaa aalsii thaa ki homvark tak nahiin kartaa thaa।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
आलसी
(aalsii)