From root: sakit
Usage Note
Kasakitan is a ka- abstract nominalization of sakit denoting the peak or totality of pain or suffering. It appears in literary and poetic registers to capture extreme anguish — physical or emotional — and collocates naturally with taglay and nararamdaman.
Examples
" Hindi ko kaya ang kasakitan. "
Natural Translation
I cannot bear the pain.
Literal Translation
Not I able the peak-of-pain.
" Hindi ko na kaya ang kasakitan ng nararamdaman ko. "
Natural Translation
I cannot bear the peak of this pain anymore.
Literal Translation
Not I anymore can the peak-of-pain of what-feeling I.
" Sa tula niya, inilarawan ng makata ang kasakitan ng pag-iwan na hindi mawari ng karaniwang salita. "
Natural Translation
In her poem, the poet described the depth of pain of being left that ordinary words cannot capture.
Literal Translation
In poem her, described by poet the peak-of-pain of leaving that not graspable by ordinary word.
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