almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
about (with respect to), with regard to
eş: au sujet de, concernant, quant à, pour ce qui est de, s’agissant de
🔊 J'ai entendu beaucoup de choses que tu as dites à propos de moi.
🔊 Les conversations à propos de mariages, moi je n’ai jamais su comment les orienter, ni comment en sortir.
about, concerning
zıt: a propósito, a todo esto, de paso, dicho sea de paso, por cierto
🔊 hablamos acerca de muchas cosas
about, concerning, regarding
eş: о, об, касательно, относительно, по поводу
köken: Univerbation of на (na, “on, for”) + счёт (sčot, “count”).
🔊 Как насчёт вы́пить и закуси́ть?
🔊 Спроси́ насчёт обе́да
🔊 Ру́шатся иллю́зии насчёт всемогу́щества капитали́зма вообще́.
alternative form of درمورد (dar-mowred-e)
almost
🔊 Mən az qala yıxılmışdım.
about, concerning
köken: From haq. Compare Azerbaijani haqqında, Bashkir хаҡында (xaqında), Turkish hakkında, Turkmen hakynda, Uyghur ھەققىدە (heqqide).
about, on the subject of, concerning, regarding
köken: Via Volga Turki, a calque of Chagatai توغرىسىندە (tuğrïsïnda) / توغرىسىدە (tuğrïsïda, “about”). Compare postpositions with identical meanings in other Turkic languages: Tatar турында (turında), Kazakh туралы (turaly), Kyrgyz тууралуу (tuuraluu).
🔊 Мөхәббәт тураһында йыр.
🔊 Был хәл тураһында район гәзитендә мәҡәлә яҙып сығарҙылар инде.
for, by · about
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “during; because of”). Doublet of διά (diá).
aile: για να, για τα καλά
🔊 για στάσου
🔊 Φυλακίστηκε για πέντε χρόνια.
🔊 Φυλακίστηκε για κλοπή.
about, nearly, roughly, approximately, around, more or less, in round numbers · not at all, not the slightest
köken: From おおよそ (ōyoso).
almost, nearly
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거ᅀᅴ (Yale: kezuy).
🔊 손님은 거의가 오셨습니다.
🔊 내 동생은 퇴근을 하면 남은 시간의 거의를 공부를 하는 데 쓰더라.
present participle of angå
köken: Compare Danish angående, Norwegian angående and Dutch aangaande.
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
about, concerning
köken: From Old East Slavic про (pro), from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European *pró.
indicates the elative case of a noun, adjective, numeral or pronoun
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-sta, from *-s- (internal locative infix; see -ssa) + *-ta (ablative/separative case suffix). Compare Erzya -сто (-sto), -стэ (-stë), Moksha -ста (-sta).
aile: -staan, -sti
I guess/I think · approximately
eş: možná, snad, pravděpodobně, nejspíš, přibližně, zhruba
köken: Inherited from Old Czech asi, as. By surface analysis, a + si (“clitic form of sobě”).
near, close, nearby · almost (very close to), nearly
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad prope, composed of ad (“to, at”) + prope (“near”). Compare Aromanian aproapea.
from · of, about, on
köken: From Proto-Uralic *roγ- (“nearness”) or Proto-Ugric *raŋɜ (“surface”) + -l (archaic ablative case suffix) formed the suffixed nominal *roγol. This turned into a postposition during the ancient Hungarian era. The γ inside the word was dropped and the shortened ról lost its independent role and became a case suffix. Its harmonic variant -ről appeared in the early Old Hungarian era.
🔊 Magyarországról kaptam egy levelet.
🔊 Leesett a lóról.
🔊 Levettem a poharat az asztalról.
approximately (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
köken: בְּ־ (b'-) + עֵרֶךְ (érekh, “value”)
near, close, round about · near, close, about
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin circiter From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.
🔊 hunc locum circiter
about, concerning, pertaining to
köken: Compare Swedish angående, Norwegian angående and Dutch aangaande.