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daughterless

daughterless

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A person or family who has no daughters
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɔːtərləs/
: sin hijas
  • The daughterless couple decided to adopt.

Examples

  • They were a daughterless family, raising only sons in their household.

  • The couple remained daughterless after several years of marriage.

  • Despite being daughterless, she enjoyed spending time with her nieces.

  • He is a daughterless father.

  • After her daughters moved away, she felt increasingly daughterless and longed for their company.

  • Living in a daughterless family, he often reflected on how different his life would be with daughters around.

  • The widow was daughterless, relying on her friends for support and companionship in her old age.

Surface Forms

daughterless positive

Morphology

daughterless = daughter (transparent) = daughter + less

The meaning is directly built from 'daughter' + the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without'.

Etymology

Daughterless is simply daughter + -less, where -less means 'without', just like in homeless or fatherless. So, daughterless means 'having no daughters'.