can, to be able to · may (of a choice) · to be possible; may, could be
çekim: geçmiş pu · ortaç pu · şimdiki peut · ulaç pouvant
köken: Inherited from Middle French povoir, from Old French povoir, pooir, from earlier Old French poeir, podeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. The /-v-/ was eventually added, after the loss of the intervocalic dental, to break hiatus. The archaic 1SG present indicative puis is from a Vulgar Latin *posseō (rather than possō), for which cf. Old Catalan puix. Cognates See also…
aile: advienne que pourra, autant que faire se peut, ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture, n'en plus pouvoir, n'en pouvoir mais, on ne peut plus, quand on veut, on peut, qui peut le plus peut le moins, sauve qui peut, tu peux causer
Je peux venir ce soir.
On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.
authority, authorities, power · rule, regime · control
çekim: çoğul вла́сти · tamlayan вла́сти
eş: сила, полномочие, господство
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀstís Proto-Slavic *volstь Old Church Slavonic власть (vlastĭ)bor. Russian власть Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic власть (vlastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *volstь. Doublet of во́лость (vólostʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.
political power, control · power, might, capability · a power in international politics
çekim: çoğul machten
zıt: onmacht, machteloosheid
köken: From Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz. Equivalent to mogen (“to may, to be allowed”) + -t (“verbal noun”).
power, might · a power (a nation or other entity having great influence)
çekim: çoğul makter · tamlayan makts
köken: From Old Swedish makt, from Middle Low German macht, from Old Saxon maht, from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz. Compare mäktig.
power, authority (ability, possibility, or right to direct something) · power, authority (body controlling an institution) · function (ability to move one's limbs)
çekim: çoğul władze · tamlayan władzy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *volděti Proto-Slavic *volsti Proto-Slavic *volďa Old Polish włodza ▲ Czech vládainflu. ▲ Polish władaćinflu. ▲ Polish własnyinflu. Polish władza Inherited from Old Polish włodza, influenced by Czech vláda, Polish władać, and własny.
aile: władny, czwarta władza, grupa trzymająca władzę, pan władza, utrwalacz władzy ludowej, władza ludowa
strength (of a being or otherwise) · power (faculty of doing) · power (effectiveness)
çekim: çoğul puteri · tamlayan puteri
köken: From putea (“be able to”) + -re; from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse (“can, be able to”).
aile: cu de la sine putere, de-a putere-a fi, din putere, din toate puterile, în putere, în toată puterea cuvântului, la putere, mare putere, putere de cumpărare, putere instalată
köken: Related to galėti (“to be able”), Proto-Slavic *golěmъ (“powerful”), likely Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *galḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-.
köken: From Old Khmer ʼaṃnāc, ʼaṃnāca, ʼaṃmnāja, mnāja (“authority, power; authorisation, consent, permission”), extended forms of ʼāca, ʼāc, ʼâca, ʼācca, ʼac, ʼac, hāc (“to be able, capable, or competent; to allow, to permit; etc”), from which Thai อาจ (àat) was derived. Compare Lao ອຳນາດ (ʼam nāt), Northern Thai ᩋᩣᩴᨶᩣ᩠ᨧ, Khün ᩋᩣᩴᨶᩣ᩠ᨧ, Modern Khmer អំណាច (ʼɑmnaac).