лихо — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian лихо is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: лихо (80). By style: everyday 6 · biblical 74.

evil

Used about 43 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 42). Meaning: evil in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Особисто я вважаю, що тілесна кара є неминуче лихо.

  Personally, I think that corporal punishment is a necessary evil.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tikan0 and WestofEden · checked, community translation · #3052512 #5176783

• Хто задумає заподїяти лихо, того й лиходїєм називають.

  One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 24:8

• Ще одно лихо бачив я під сонцем, а його не трохи між людьми:

  There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 6:1

• Дивись, я сьогоднї поставив перед тобою життє й добро, смерть і лихо,

  Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 30:15

• В шестьох бідах тебе він порятує, та й в сьомій не доторкнесь тебе лихо.

  He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 5:19

More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• Моє життя — це стихійне лихо.

  My life is a disaster.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · #3726610 #6886510

• Не буди лихо, поки спить тихо.

  Let sleeping dogs lie.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by seveleu_dubrovnik and CK · checked, community translation · #30212 #381369

• Лихо не без добра.

  Every cloud has a silver lining.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · #36678 #8083274

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