rutiköyhä — meaning in English

English meaning

• almsless adj Not having any alms; impoverished.
• pauper noun A person who is very poor, especially one relying on charity or public assistance.

Senses

rutiköyhä is used for these senses in English:

• dirt-poor (idiomatic) In a condition of extreme poverty.
• pauper One who is extremely poor.
• poor as a church mouse (simile, idiom) Very poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.
• poverty-stricken Very poor.

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