almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
alongside, beside, next to
eş: zancadilla
köken: A contraction of a cabo de; a deriving from Latin ad, cabo from Latin caput, and de from Latin de.
practically (all senses) · almost
eş: in effetti, in concreto, alla prova dei fatti, in sostanza, essenzialmente, concretamente
köken: From pratico + -mente.
to draw near, to approach
çekim: geçmiş бли́зившийся · ortaç бли́зившийся · şimdiki бли́зится · ulaç бли́зящийся
eş: приближаться, быть на носу
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bližiti. By surface analysis, близ (bliz) + -ить (-itʹ) + -ся (-sja).
🔊 бли́зиться к концу́
close · near · neighbouring
çekim: karşılaştırma نزدیکتَر · üstünlük نزدیکتَرین
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /nazdīk/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (tārīk /târik, “dark”) and باریک (bārīk /bârik, “slender”).
close, nearby
çekim: karşılaştırma dichterbij · üstünlük dichtstbij
eş: kortbij
zıt: ver
köken: Univerbation of dicht + bij.
aile: dichtbijgelegen
close, closely, next (at a little distance)
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese preto, from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus. Doublet of preto. Cognate of Galician preto.
aile: de perto, por perto
near, nearby · nearly
eş: δίπλα, δυο βήματα, μεσ' στα πόδια, ολόκοντα, πλάι, πλησίον
zıt: μακριά
köken: From Byzantine Greek κοντά (kontá), from Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “short”).
near, close to (in space) · near (in time), at hand · close, closely related
zıt: 遠い
köken: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tika.
when · synonym of nära (“close”)
köken: From Old Norse nær, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz, comparative of *nēhw. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
🔊 När börjar filmen?
🔊 När jag skulle gå hem,...
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
practically, virtually (almost but not quite)
köken: käytännöllisesti (“practically”) + katsoen (“seen”)
🔊 Työni on käytännöllisesti katsoen valmis,
🔊 Hän oli käytännöllisesti katsoen kouluttamaton, ja osasi hädin tuskin lukea ja kirjoittaa yksinkertaisia lauseita.
close, near
çekim: karşılaştırma bližší · üstünlük nejbližší
eş: nedaleký
zıt: daleký
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-der. Proto-Slavic *blizъ Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *blizъkъ Old Czech blízký Czech blízký Inherited from Old Czech blízký.
🔊 Bližší košile nežli kabát.
🔊 být blízek něčeho/něčemu
practical (relating to practise) · practical (feasible, applicable to reality)
köken: Borrowed from French pratique, from Latin practicus.
in practice, realistically, empirically · practically, basically, by and large, for all practical purposes
zıt: elméletileg, elvileg, ténylegesen, konkrétan, szó szerint, szabályosan
köken: gyakorlati + -lag
quasi-
köken: From Latin quasi.
almost, nearly
köken: gần + như
plough (use a plough to create furrows for planting)
çekim: geçmiş ãrė · ortaç ãręs · ulaç ãriąs
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *árˀtei (“to plough”); compare Latvian ar̂t, Proto-Slavic *oràti.
aile: aparti, apsiarti, atarti, atsiarti, išarti, išsiarti, įarti, nuarti, nusiarti, paarti
almost, nearly
köken: Univerbation of gaire + bé.
🔊 Són gairebé les sis en punt.
🔊 En deu tenir gairebé quaranta.
practically
köken: From práctico + -mente.
ready
köken: From Proto-Albanian *gat-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go”). Cognate to Sanskrit गति (gáti-, “going, course”), Proto-Slavic *gatь (cf. Russian гать (gatʹ, “road of brushwood, weir”)), Romanian gata (“ready”). For sense development compare Germanic *funsaz "ready, willing", from Proto-Indo-European *pn̥tstós "to tread, to go". Related to ngas.
aile: gatuaj, përgatis
almost, nearly
köken: From Old Armenian համարեա՛ (hamareá, “reckon! suppose!”), imperative of համարիմ (hamarim, “to reckon, suppose”).