köken: Borrowed from Ukrainian нікче́мний (nikčémnyj) in late 19th or early 20th century, from Old Ruthenian никче́мный (nikčémnyj), possibly from Old Polish nikczemny. By surface analysis, ни (ni) + к (k) + чему́ (čemú) + -ный (-nyj).
köken: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”), related to तुच्छ्य (tucchya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuśćyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tušćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós. Doublet of छूछा (chūchā).
negligible, slight, minor (too small to be of concern) · unimportant, insignificant, trivial, petty (not worthy of attention) · uninteresting, unremarkable, unimpressive, insignificant (having no special characteristics, not standing out in any way)
çekim: karşılaştırma jelentéktelenebb · üstünlük legjelentéktelenebb
zıt: jelentős, jelentékeny, nagy, tetemes, számottevő, fontos
köken: From the obsolete jelenték (“meaning”) + -telen (“-less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix), from jelent (“to mean”) + -ék (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.
light, not heavy · easy to digest · quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
çekim: karşılaştırma levior · üstünlük levissimus
zıt: gravis, lentus
köken: From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). The original PIE u-stem adjective was remade into a Latin i-stem, perhaps due to contamination from brevis (“short”), though De Vaan suggests that such a development is typical for Latin regardless Influence from brevis may also explain the lack of a nasal in the Latin term, though De Vaan provides a…