cowardly
çekim: çoğul couards
eş: lâche, peureux
köken: Inherited from Middle French couard, from Old French cuard, from cüe, coue (“tail”); equivalent to queue + -ard.
aile: couardement, couardise
cowardly · contemptible
çekim: çoğul vigliacchi
eş: abietto, codardo, coniglio, debole, fifone, imbelle
köken: Borrowed from Spanish bellaco (“scoundrel”), under influence from vile. Compare Portuguese velhaco.
aile: vigliaccamente
coward · earthquake
çekim: çoğul тру́сы · tamlayan тру́са
eş: трусишка, трусишечка, хороняка, бояка, боягуз, очкушник
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫsъ (“earthquake, shaking”), from *tręsǫ (“I shake”). Akin to трясти́ (trjastí), тру́сить (trúsitʹ) and труси́ть (trusítʹ).
poltroon, dastard, craven (ignoble or arrant coward; a mean-spirited wretch)
çekim: çoğul lusmut · tamlayan lusmun
köken: A slang variant of luumu. Military conscripts who were exempt of outdoor activities used to wear plum-colored (dark blue/purple) tracksuits, thus "plum" > "lazy person".
aile: lusmuilla
coward
çekim: çoğul krystere · tamlayan krysters
coward, poltroon
köken: From Russian трус (trus).