çekim: karşılaştırma sanfter · üstünlük am sanftesten
eş: behutsam, lau, mild, ruhig, schonend, schwach
köken: From Middle High German semfte, senfte, sanfte, from Old High German semfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”). Doublet of sacht. Cognate with English soft.
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.
sweet, having a taste similar to sugar and honey · pleasing to the other senses, pleasant, delightful, nice, sweet · pleasing to the heart or emotions, charming, endearing, cute, sweet
zıt: maldolĉa
köken: Etymology tree Latin dulcem Italian dolcebor. Esperanto dolĉa Borrowed from Italian dolce.
Attested since 1838. Probably a deverbal adjective from amainar (“to calm down”), itself probably from Old Occitan amainà (“to tame, to calm down”), from Latin mansiō (“mansion, house”).