slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
çekim: karşılaştırma langsamer · üstünlük am langsamsten
eş: allmählich
zıt: schnell
köken: From Middle High German lancsam, from Old High German lancsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”), equivalent to lang + -sam.
çekim: karşılaştırma langzamer · üstünlük langzaamst
zıt: vlug
köken: From Middle Dutch lancsam, lancsom, lancsaem, from Old Dutch *langsam, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam (“lengthy, long-lasting”). Equivalent to lang + -zaam.
aile: langzaam maar zeker, langzaamaan, langzamerhand, verlangzamen
slow (not quick in motion) · soft; not firm · wet, humid, moistened
çekim: karşılaştırma mais lento · üstünlük o mais lento
zıt: rápido, veloz
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish and Asturian equivalent. Compare also Galician lento and Asturian llentu.
weak, delicate (unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain) · weak, feeble, frail, faint (lacking in force, strength or ability) · weak, slight, meager (lacking in taste, potency or severity)
çekim: karşılaştırma heikompi · üstünlük heikoin
zıt: vahva, tukeva, luja, vankka, kova, terve
köken: Unknown. Related to Ingrian heikko, Kukkuzi heikko and probably Veps heikembāńe (“weaker”) (South Veps), although such a word is barely attested. Compare also dialectal Estonian äigima (“to die down, subside, weaken”), dialectal Võro heik (“vain”).