light, not heavy · easy to digest · quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
çekim: karşılaştırma levior · üstünlük levissimus
zıt: gravis, lentus
köken: From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). The original PIE u-stem adjective was remade into a Latin i-stem, perhaps due to contamination from brevis (“short”), though De Vaan suggests that such a development is typical for Latin regardless Influence from brevis may also explain the lack of a nasal in the Latin term, though De Vaan provides a…
çekim: karşılaştırma უფრო მცირე · üstünlük უმცირესი
zıt: დიდი
köken: From Old Georgian მცირჱ (mcirē), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cir- or from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mcire- (“little, small”). Cognate with Mingrelian ცირა (cira, “girl; daughter”).