to deny (assert to be false) · to dispute, contest, controvert (oppose a proposition or call it into question by argument or assertion) · to pay for, to sustain financially
çekim: geçmiş bestritt · ortaç bestritten · şimdiki bestreitet · ulaç bestreitend
eş: angreifen, bekämpfen
köken: From Middle High German bestrīten (“to fight against”), equivalent to be- + streiten. Compare English bestride. The sense “to pay” comes from the notion of “be able to cope with”.
aile: bestreitbar, unbestreitbar
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çekim: geçmiş αρνήθηκα · şimdiki αρνείται - αρνιέται · ulaç αρνούμενος
zıt: δέχομαι
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀρνοῦμαι (arnoûmai), contractive form of ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai). The variant αρνιέμαι (arniémai), inherited from the mediaeval ἀρνιέμαι (arniémai).
köken: Etymology tree French questionnerbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish kwestionować From French questionner + Polish -ować.
to forbid, prohibit, disallow, ban · to deny, controvert, dispute, contest, negate (argue that something is not the case) · to renounce (also in a religious sense), repudiate, disown
çekim: geçmiş kieltänyt · şimdiki kieltäisi · ulaç kieltävä
köken: From Proto-Finnic *keeltädäk, equivalently kiel- (“tongue”) + -tää; the original meaning was likely simply “to speak”.
çekim: ortaç abnegātus · şimdiki abnegat · ulaç abnegāns
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Latin negō Latin abnegō From ab- (“from, away from”) + negō (“to deny, refuse, say no”).