firm; compact; hard · firm; fixed; rigid · firm; steadfast
çekim: karşılaştırma fester · üstünlük am festesten
eş: Feier, Festivität, Festlichkeit, Fete, Party
köken: From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see there for cognates and further etymology.
aile: fest-, -fest
Ein One-Night-Stand ist mir genug, ich möchte gerade noch nichts Festes.
fester Freund
Man muss schon ein fester Trottel sein, um auf so etwas hereinzufallen.
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish firme, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīrmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”). The preservation of initial /f/ is irregular, but Coromines & Pascual reject the possibility of the word being a borrowing.
aile: a pie firme, de firme, en firme, firmemente, mantenerse firme, sentencia firme, tierra firme
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic жестъ (žestŭ, “hard”), жестѣти (žestěti, “to harden”). Also related to жесто́кий (žestókij, “cruel”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese firme, from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).
strong, sturdy, able-bodied, robust, strapping (fit and healthy) · strong, sturdy, tough, solid, (capable of producing or withstanding great physical force) · strong, able (impressive or good)
çekim: karşılaştırma γερότερος · üstünlük γερότερος
köken: From Koine Greek γερός (gerós), from Ancient Greek ὑγιερός (hugierós), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, strong”).
Δεν με νοιάζει αν είναι αγόρι ή κορίτσι, αρκεί να είναι γερό παιδί.
köken: This word was derived from ancient Japanese origin かたし (katashi, “hard”) and applied the meaning of Chinese letter 堅／坚 that means keeping its physical shape or behavior by its excellent quality. In turn, from Old Japanese kata, from Proto-Japonic *kata.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish ugięty Polish nieugięty From nie- + ugięty.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos Proto-Italic *θermos Proto-Italic *fermos Latin firmus From Proto-Italic *fermos, from earlier *θermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”) (whence also Sanskrit धर्म (dharma)), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”) (whence also ferē and fermē). Cognate with Sanskrit धरति (dhárati), Old Persian…
firm, strong, rigid (capable of resisting the actions of mechanical forces without harm or change) · firm, strong, sturdy (having much strength; physically well developed, not weak, not brittle) · firm, strong (done, happening with energy, strength; affecting (something else) strongly)
çekim: karşılaştırma stingrāks · üstünlük visstingrākais
eş: spēcīgs, stiprs
köken: From the same stem as the verb stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”) (q.v.), with an extra (adjectivizing?) r. A parallel form without the r yielded stings (“stiff, numb”). Cognates include Lithuanian stiñgras (“firm, strict”), stingrùs, sti̇̀ngrus (“rigid, stiff, numb; hard, solid; strained; heavy”). The verb stiñgt (“to stiffen”) is cognate with Lithuanian sti̇̀ngti (“id.”). According to Karulis,…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰermos Proto-Italic *θermos Proto-Italic *fermos Latin firmusbor. Esperanto firma Borrowed from Latin firmus.