unlucky person
çekim: çoğul Pechvögel · tamlayan Pechvogels
eş: Unglücksmensch, Unglücksrabe
köken: Pech + Vogel
jinxed (bringing bad luck)
çekim: çoğul gafes
köken: Unknown. Maybe related to French gaffe (“blunder, goof up”) from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”).
aile: gafar
unfortunate, unlucky
çekim: çoğul sfigati
eş: iellato, perdente, scalognato, sfortunato, sventurato, comparsa
köken: From s- + figa + -ato.
αυτός που προκαλεί κακή τύχη στους γύρω του
lame duck, loser, failure
çekim: çoğul nieudacznicy · tamlayan nieudacznika
eş: ciapa, fajtłapa, oferma, popapraniec, gw. (Śląsk Cieszyński i Zaolzie) ciumrok, gw. (Śląsk Cieszyński) leluja
köken: Etymology tree Russian неуда́чник (neudáčnik)bor. Polish nieudacznik Borrowed from Russian неуда́чник (neudáčnik).
aile: nieudacznictwo
schlemiel
köken: Borrowed from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil), which may be a reborrowing from Hebrew שלא מועיל or the proper name שלמיאל.
aile: שלומיאליות
schlemiel
çekim: çoğul ŝlemiloj
köken: Etymology tree Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil)bor. Esperanto ŝlemilo Borrowed from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).
bad luck, misfortune
köken: From Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מַזָּל (mazzāl, “luck”). For the first part, cf. modern German schlimm (“bad, awful”).
aile: שלימזלדיק