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.
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,…
great, excellent, outstanding, brilliant (having great, above average capacity, skill) · great, excellent, outstanding (above average in quality, importance, significance)
çekim: karşılaştırma izcilāks · üstünlük visizcilākais
eş: lielisks, teicams
köken: Originally the past participle of a verb *izcilt, from cilt (“to rise”), still attested dialectally (cf. celties “to rise” from transitive celt “to raise”). The original meaning was thus “raised, risen (above others)” > “outstanding.”
aile: izcilnieks, izcilniece, izcilība
izcils zinātnieks
izcils sportists
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