elusive · slippery, slick, sneaky
eş: inasible, resbaladizo
köken: From escurrido + -izo.
slippery, dangerous (of a surface) · slimy
eş: склизкий, ненадёжный, двусмысленный, сомнительный, увёртливый, хитрый
köken: From с- (s-) + *ко́льзкий (*kólʹzkij, “slippery”) (ко́льзко (kólʹzko) is attested), from Old East Slavic кользъкъ (kolĭzŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kъlzъkъ. Cognate with Ukrainian сковзки́й (skovzkýj, “slippery”) and ко́взати (kóvzaty, “to slip”). Additionally cognate with Polish kiełzać (“to stumble”). Per Vasmer, probably from Proto-Slavic *kъlz-, of unknown further origin.
aile: ско́льзко, ско́льзкость, скользи́ть, скользну́ть, скольже́ние
sneaky, underhand, deceitful, two-faced
çekim: karşılaştırma achterbakser · üstünlük meest achterbaks
köken: From Middle Dutch achterbaecs (“behind one's back”).
aile: achterbaksheid
🔊 Hij is echt een achterbakse hond.
smooth-textured · flat (having no height variation) · plain (of just one color)
eş: plano, teso, duro
zıt: áspero
köken: Uncertain, but probably ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Compare Asturian llisu, lisu; Catalan llis; Corsican liscio; Extremaduran liso; French lisse; Friulian lis; Galician liso; Italian liscio; Leonese llisu; Maltese lixx; Occitan lis; Spanish liso; Sicilian lisciu.
🔊 cabelo liso
slippery as an eel (evasive and unreliable)
shallow (having little depth) · shallow, superficial (concerned mainly with superficial matters) · shallow (not intellectually deep)
çekim: karşılaştırma płytszy · üstünlük najpłytszy
eş: reg. pozn. miałki, miałki, powierzchowny
zıt: głęboki
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *plytъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *plytъkъ Polish płytki Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plytъkъ.
aile: płytki oddech, płytkie, płytkość
fake (counterfeit)
çekim: karşılaştırma falešnější · üstünlük nejfalešnější
eş: neupřímný, podvodný, proradný, křivý, podvržený, nepravý
zıt: pravý
köken: From faleš + -ný.
slippery as an eel
köken: ål + -e- + glat
fatty, oily, pinguid · greasy, fatty, mellow (for taste) · lipidic
çekim: karşılaştırma по́-ма́зни · üstünlük на́й-ма́зни
köken: From ма́жа (máža, “to smear, to anoint”) + -ен (-en).
aile: ма́зня, ма́зня се, мазнина́, мазноти́я, мазни́к, мазни́ца
🔊 ма́зно я́стие
🔊 ма́зен газ
🔊 ма́зна боя́
sycophantic · informing, snitching
çekim: çoğul llepons
köken: From llepar + -ó.
slippery, smooth
çekim: karşılaştırma sleamhaine · üstünlük is sleamhaine
köken: From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.
aile: sleamhnachán, sleamhnánach, sleamhnánaí, sleamhnóg