köken: Inherited from Malay berlian, from English brilliant or Dutch briljant, from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). Doublet of brilian.
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
kādas lieliskas rakstura īpašības bija piemitušas šim izcilajam puisim!
köken: From gloyw (“bright, shining, sparkling”), from Middle Welsh gloyw, from Old Welsh gloiu, from Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw (compare Old Irish glé (“clear, evident”)). Possibly from short forms of given names containing gloyw (compare Old Cornish Gloiucen, Gloiumed).