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# ail

verb (ail, ails, ailed, ailing); old use

«ail» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/#m1)
2. To ail is to trouble or make someone unwell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the question «What ails you?» asks what is wrong with someone who looks sad or sick

### Examples

- What ails you, little dog? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/#x1)
- The innkeeper asked him in some concern what ailed him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/#x2)
- Something ails the old well, and the water tastes bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in old tales, the question «What ails you?» asks what is wrong with someone who looks sad or sick

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ail.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/ail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ail.html) on Mova free.