excellent, fine, first-class; exceptional, unusual, great · important, extreme
çekim: karşılaştırma εξαιρετικότερος · üstünlük εξαιρετικότερος
eş: εξαίρετος
zıt: ασήμαντος
köken: From Byzantine Greek ἐξαιρετικός (exairetikós); by surface analysis, εξαίρετος (exaíretos) + -ικός (-ikós). In the modern sense of "excellent, exceptional", with semantic loan from French exceptionnel.
scale (ordered numerical sequence used for measurement)
çekim: çoğul asteikot · tamlayan asteikon
köken: aste (“stage, step; degree”) + -ikko. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen ja suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish and Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 2nd edition, 1883-1884).
full-grown, grown up · large, great, grand, lofty, big · powerful
çekim: karşılaştırma grandior · üstünlük grandissimus
zıt: parvus
köken: From Proto-Italic *grandis, of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, to grind”), and connected to Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”) (whence English great). A different etymology, favored by Pokorny, derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrendʰ- (“to swell”), and connects the word to Ancient Greek βρένθος (brénthos,…
çekim: karşılaştırma nuostabiaũ · üstünlük nuostabiáusia
köken: Related to núostaba (“wonder”), from nuõ (“off, against”) + stab-, the o-grade of the root underlying stebė́ti (“to observe”).
aile: nuostabiai, nuostabumas
Etimoloji
Uncertain. Possibly from diabhail (genitive of diabhal (“devil”)), with which it is homophonous in some dialects. Could also be a reduced form of Dia (“God”) + -úil or a reduced and dissimilated form of diabhal + -úil.