free of charge, gratis · in vain, without success · for nothing; for the sake of doing it (without expecting reply)
eş: gratis, kostenfrei, kostenlos, unentgeltlich, zum Nulltarif, für lau
köken: um + sonst, compare Danish omsonst.
for free, for nothing · for a song · left over, unwanted
eş: en balde
in vain, uselessly
eş: a vuoto, inanamente, inefficacemente, infruttuosamente, inutilmente, senza effetto
köken: From in + vano (“vain”).
in vain, to no avail, for nothing · mistakenly, making a mistake (used to indicate someone ought not to do/think/etc. something, or to express the sentiment that it's too bad that they do)
eş: напрасно, тщетно, безуспешно, безрезультатно, бесполезно, без толку
köken: From Old East Slavic *зьрѧ (*zĭrę), adverbial participle of зреть, originally “idly looking”.
aile: зря́шный, почём зря, зряпла́та
🔊 Зря мы стара́лись. Всё равно́ никто́ не оцени́л.
🔊 Э́то ты зря.
🔊 Я не ду́маю, что хорошо́ владе́ю ру́сским языко́м. — А зря.
empty · available, not occupied · spare (of time)
çekim: karşılaştırma daha boş · üstünlük ən boş
zıt: dolu
köken: From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.
aile: boşanmaq, boşaltmaq, boşalmaq, boşluq, boşqab
🔊 Xəzinə boşdur, pul yoxdur!
🔊 Sabah axşam boşam, gələ bilərsən.
🔊 Boş vaxtım olanda, kitab oxumaqdan xoşum gəlir.
in vain, to no avail, for nothing
köken: From Persian بیکار (bikâr).
aile: бекерлік, бекершілік
useless, pointless · meaningless, purposeless
çekim: karşılaştırma nuttelozer · üstünlük meest nutteloos
köken: From nut + -loos.
aile: nutteloosheid
μάταια, χωρίς αποτέλεσμα, χωρίς επιτυχία
vain (overly concerned with one's appearance or reputation) · futile, vain (having no chance of success)
çekim: karşılaştırma fåfängare · üstünlük fåfängast
köken: From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fåfengd.
🔊 fåfänga försök
ineffectually, ineffectively, in vain
zıt: nienadaremnie, owocnie, skutecznie
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰe Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ǵʰs Proto-Balto-Slavic *beź Proto-Slavic *bez(ъ) Proto-Slavic *bez- Old Polish bez- Polish bez- Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Balto-Slavic *su- Proto-Slavic *sъ-…
🔊 bezskutecznie próbować/starać się/usiłować
🔊 bezskutecznie zabiegać
🔊 bezskutecznie poszukiwać
useless, pointless; in vain
köken: Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यर्थ (vyartha).
🔊 ग्रामीणों ने बताया कि इस तरह पानी बह जाने से पूरे लोगों को पानी नही मिल पाता है। आधा पानी तो व्यर्थ ही बह जाता है।
useless (unhelpful, not useful, without use or benefit)
çekim: karşılaştırma hyödyttömämpi · üstünlük hyödyttömin
zıt: hyödyllinen
köken: hyöty + -tön
aile: hyödyttömyys, hyödyttömästi
vain, futile
çekim: karşılaştırma marnější · üstünlük nejmarnější
eş: jalový, neplodný, zbytečný, marnivý
aile: marně, marnost
for nothing, for free · in vain
eş: în zadar, de pomană, în van
köken: From de + geaba, from Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba).
aimless, purposeless, vain
çekim: karşılaştırma céltalanabb · üstünlük legcéltalanabb
köken: From cél (“aim, purpose, objective”) + -talan (“-less, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
aile: céltalanság, céltalanul
hollow, empty, devoid of something · lacking · useless, fruitless, vain, futile
köken: Verbal adjective of the same root as careō (“to lack”), castus (“pure”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).
aile: cassō, in cassum, nux cassa
vain, futile
eş: omsonst
köken: From Middle Low German vorgeves.
in vain, no use, useless, wasted · fruitless · nonsense, ridiculous.
köken: Inherited from Malay sia-sia.
aile: bersia-sia, kesia-siaan, mensia-siakan, menyia-nyiakan, tersia-siakan
ceaselessly, constantly, all the time
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 懷.
🔊 Rồi nó nghẹn ngào, "Còn tui, người ta đã quăng ở đây mười tám năm, tui chờ hoài mà có ai tìm đâu…"
useless · superfluous · futile; vain
çekim: karşılaştırma по́-безполе́зни · üstünlük на́й-безполе́зни
köken: From без- (bez-, “without”) + поле́зен (polézen, “healthy, useful”).