unright

Meaning

Noun

That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

Verb

To make wrong.

Adv

Wrongly.

Translations

غير صحيح

unfair

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: unright

Inherited from Old English: unriht

Cognate with Scots: unricht

Cognate with Dutch: onrecht

Cognate with German: Unrecht

Cognate with Swedish: orätt

Inherited from Middle English: unrighten

Inherited from Old English: unrihte

In summary

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).