-th, -nd etc; Used to form the ordinal form of a cardinal number
prefix forming superlatives from comparative adjectives (or nonstandardly from positive adjectives)
eş: архи-, гипер-, пре-, сверх-, супер-, ультра-
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najь-. Compare Ukrainian най- (naj-), Polish naj-, Serbo-Croatian naj-, Slovak naj- Slovene naj-, Czech nej-, Macedonian нај- (naj-), Bulgarian най- (naj-).
🔊 бо́льший (bólʹšij, “bigger, greater”) → наибо́льший (naibólʹšij, “the biggest, the greatest”)
🔊 лу́чший (lúčšij, “better, the best”) → наилу́чший (nailúčšij, “the best”)
🔊 хоро́ший (xoróšij, “good”) → (nonstandard) наихоро́ший (naixoróšij, “the best”)
most (forms the superlative of many adjectives)
🔊 Иә, сен күштісің, бірақ ең емес Иә, сен байсың, бірақ ең емес Әп-әдемі, бірақ ең емес Сен мен емес, сен мен емес
the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
köken: Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /eŋ/), Kazakh ең (eñ), Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Turkish en, and Turkmen iň.
🔊 eng soʻnggi yangiliklar
Marks a superlative case (the most; -est)
köken: From Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /eŋ/). Cognate with Turkish en and Uzbek eng.
most
köken: Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *eŋ (“superlative suffix”). Compare Uzbek eng and Turkish en.
appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix yields a verbal noun; it is similar in function to the Dutch suffix -ing
köken: From Proto-Germanic *-þiz. The -s- is the result of a wrong segmentation of stem and suffix of a noun in cases where the stem of the noun ended with -s-. For example: a word like Dutch vorst (“frost”) could be interpreted as vors+t or as vor+st. This suffix existed already in Gothic (𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts), from *𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*unnan)).
🔊 vreemd (“strange”) → vreemdst (“strangest”)
first, number one · game, round
eş: 一等, トップ, 最初, 最良, 最高
köken: From 一(いち) (ichi) + 番(ばん) (-ban).
aile: いの一番, 大一番, 開口一番, 緊褌一番, 此処一番, 大死一番, 春一番, 奮起一番, 結びの一番, 励声一番
🔊 一番美しい
🔊 一番上の引き出し
🔊 一番いい先生
most, -est
eş: 호주
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞ자ᇰ〮 (Yale: kòcáng). Original meaning: "very, extremely". Superlative meaning ("most") from sixteenth century onward. Displaced previous superlative adverbs 안〮직 (Yale: áncìk), ᄆᆞᆺ〮 (Yale: mós).
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🔊 우사인 볼트는 지구상에서 가장 빠른 사람이에요.
mostly, most of the time · mostly, mainly; to the larger part · superlative degree of mycket: most
eş: mestadels
köken: From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.
used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, taking the form of comparative as the basis; similar to most and -est
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *najь- Old Polish naj- Polish naj- Inherited from Old Polish naj-.
🔊 naj- + głodny → najgłodniejszy
🔊 naj- + prawdopodobnie → najprawdopodobniej
prefix added to the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs to form the superlative form
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *najь-. From parts *na and particle *i. Approximates to prefix *nad-. Compare Russian наи- (nai-), Polish naj-, Serbo-Croatian naj-, Slovak naj- Slovene naj-, Czech nej-, Macedonian нај- (naj-), Bulgarian най- (naj-).
🔊 най- (naj-) + більший (bilʹšyj) → найбі́льший (najbílʹšyj)
🔊 най- (naj-) + новіший (novišyj) → найновіший (najnovišyj)
🔊 най- (naj-) + нижчий (nyžčyj) → найнижчий (najnyžčyj)
most (superlative form of adjectives)
köken: सब (sab) + से (se).
🔊 डॉन २ सबसे अच्छी २०११ की फ़िल्म है।
used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; similar to most and -est
köken: Inherited from Old Czech naj-, from Proto-Slavic *najь-. By surface analysis, na (“on”) + jej (“him”). Doublet of naň.
aile: znej-
🔊 lepší (“longer”) + nej- → nejlepší (“longest”)
Most, the most.
köken: From הֲ־ (ha-, interrogative particle) + כִּי (kí, “thus”).
🔊 היא הילדה הכי גבוהה בכיתה.
vocative masculine singular of -issimus
most; to the highest degree · most; in the largest quantity
köken: From Old Danish mæst, from Old Norse mestr.
🔊 Den er mest afskyelig af dem alle.
🔊 Hun havde mest plads.
used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, taking the form of comparative as the basis; similar to most and -est
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naji-. From parts *na and particle *i. Approximates to prefix *nad-.
🔊 Ivan je rýchly, Milan je rýchlejší, ale Jozef je najrýchlejší!
most, -est; used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, by attaching it to the comparative form.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naji-.
🔊 Ivan je hitri, Ana je hitrejša, ampak Janez je najhitrejši!