pliable, complying with attempts to change its/his/her position (physically or figuratively) · being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties
çekim: karşılaştırma nachgiebiger · üstünlük am nachgiebigsten
çekim: karşılaştırma mais macio · üstünlük o mais macio
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from massa (“dough”) + -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (“soft”).
köken: Etymology tree Latin dēlicātusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish delikatny From Latin dēlicātus + Polish -ny.
fine, delicate (made up of particularly small pieces) · delicious, tasty (having a pleasant or satisfying flavor) · refined, fine, delicate, gentle, polished
çekim: karşılaştırma finomabb · üstünlük legfinomabb
köken: From Medieval Latin fīnum, neuter of fīnus (“fine”), from fīnis (“end, limit”).
köken: From earlier *molvis, from *mollvis, from *molduis, itself from Proto-Italic *moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to soften, melt”). According to De Vaan, the term was likely remade from a u-stem to an i-stem. However, De Vaan suggests that the original u-stem is present in terms such as Latin molluscus, which he explains as a derivation…
çekim: karşılaştırma по́-ме́ки · üstünlük на́й-ме́ки
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. By surface analysis, ме́ча (méča, “to knead, to press”) + -ък (-ǎk) (the base verb has been lost, but secondary derivatives are still attested in dialects).
soft (relatively easy to bend, split, crush, etc.; made of such materials, substances) · soft (flexible, not resistant, not strong, not twisted) · soft (not resistant to pressure; pleasant, comfortable)
çekim: karşılaştırma mīkstāks · üstünlük vismīkstākais
eş: ciešs
zıt: ciets
köken: From the past participle of an old (still dialectally attested) verb mīkt, mīkst (“to become soft”), from Proto-Baltic *mink-, Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀkas, from Proto-Indo-European *menk-, *mn̥k- (“to knead, to crush”). The original meaning referred to the final state of things that one kneads or crushes (compare English verb to squash and adjective squashy). Cognates include Lithuanian…
soft (giving way under pressure; lacking strength or resolve; requiring little or no effort; easy) · flabby (of physical condition) · soft, mellow, gentle (of sound, voice)
çekim: karşılaştırma boige · üstünlük is boige
köken: Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos. The verb is from Old Irish bocaid (“to soften”), from the adjective.