çekim: karşılaştırma ernster · üstünlük am ernstesten
köken: From Middle High German ërnst, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-West Germanic *ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz, whence also English earnest.
Indicates that one is prepared to stop joking and move over to serious matters: on a (more) serious note, all jokes aside, seriously, all kidding aside
köken: Literally, “all craziness on a stick”, in reference to a jester's marotte. Compare Afrikaans alle grappies op 'n stokkie.
or, or whether (A conjunction that introduces the second part of a disjunctive interrogation, or a phrase implying doubt.) · in disjunctive interrogations · direct
köken: From Proto-Italic *an, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en. Cognate with Lithuanian angu (“or”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽 (an, “so? now?”). May also be related to Ancient Greek ἄν (án, particle), Sanskrit अना (anā́), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬁 (anā), Lithuanian anàs, Albanian a, Proto-Slavic *onъ.
aile: albus an āter sit, annōn, dubitō an, haud sciō an, nesciō an