slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
çekim: karşılaştırma langsamer · üstünlük am langsamsten
eş: allmählich
zıt: schnell
köken: From Middle High German lancsam, from Old High German lancsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”), equivalent to lang + -sam.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der. Latin langueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin languiduslbor. Spanish lánguido Learned borrowing from Latin languidus.
çekim: karşılaştırma langzamer · üstünlük langzaamst
zıt: vlug
köken: From Middle Dutch lancsam, lancsom, lancsaem, from Old Dutch *langsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”). Equivalent to lang + -zaam.
aile: langzaam maar zeker, langzaamaan, langzamerhand, verlangzamen
köken: ⟨monousi⟩ → /monouɕi/ → /monouki/ → /monoui/ From Early Middle Japanese adjective 物憂(ものう)し (monōshi), with the 終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) (shūshikei, “predicative form”) ending in し (shi) first replaced with the 連(れん)体(たい)形(けい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”) ending in き (ki), and then with the medial /-k-/ falling out to result in an ending of い (i). In turn from 物 (mono-, a prefix added to adjectives) +…
köken: Derived from Old Ruthenian кволи (kvoli), with a semantic shift from “according to one’s will or abilities” to “slow” and then to “weak”, comparable to the shift of the meaning of пові́льно (povílʹno). Related to покво́лом (pokvólom), спокво́лу (spokvólu), спокволя́ (spokvoljá). Cognate of Belarusian кво́лы (kvóly), Polish gwoli.
weak, delicate (unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain) · weak, feeble, frail, faint (lacking in force, strength or ability) · weak, slight, meager (lacking in taste, potency or severity)
çekim: karşılaştırma heikompi · üstünlük heikoin
zıt: vahva, tukeva, luja, vankka, kova, terve
köken: Unknown. Related to Ingrian heikko, Kukkuzi heikko and probably Veps heikembāńe (“weaker”) (South Veps), although such a word is barely attested. Compare also dialectal Estonian äigima (“to die down, subside, weaken”), dialectal Võro heik (“vain”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-der. Latin langueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin languidus From langueō (“to be tired, sluggish”) + -idus.