almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
roughly, approximately, give or take
eş: au pif, au doigt mouillé
köken: Literally, “by the ladle”, referring to the use of a ladleful as an approximate quantity.
🔊 à la grosse louche
alongside, beside, next to
eş: zancadilla
köken: A contraction of a cabo de; a deriving from Latin ad, cabo from Latin caput, and de from Latin de.
alternative form of درمورد (dar-mowred-e)
almost
🔊 Mən az qala yıxılmışdım.
about, concerning
köken: From haq. Compare Azerbaijani haqqında, Bashkir хаҡында (xaqında), Turkish hakkında, Turkmen hakynda, Uyghur ھەققىدە (heqqide).
approximately, roughly
köken: From Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan), adverbial accusative of تَخْمِين (taḵmīn). Compare Turkish tahminen.
roughly, approximately
köken: From Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan).
about, on the subject of, concerning, regarding
köken: Via Volga Turki, a calque of Chagatai توغرىسىندە (tuğrïsïnda) / توغرىسىدە (tuğrïsïda, “about”). Compare postpositions with identical meanings in other Turkic languages: Tatar турында (turında), Kazakh туралы (turaly), Kyrgyz тууралуу (tuuraluu).
🔊 Мөхәббәт тураһында йыр.
🔊 Был хәл тураһында район гәзитендә мәҡәлә яҙып сығарҙылар инде.
almost · soon
eş: bijkans, haast, nagenoeg, schier, vrijwel
köken: From Middle Dutch bina. Equivalent to a univerbation of bij + na. Compare German beinahe.
for, by · about
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “during; because of”). Doublet of διά (diá).
aile: για να, για τα καλά
🔊 για στάσου
🔊 Φυλακίστηκε για πέντε χρόνια.
🔊 Φυλακίστηκε για κλοπή.
about, nearly, roughly, approximately, around, more or less, in round numbers · not at all, not the slightest
köken: From おおよそ (ōyoso).
almost, nearly
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거ᅀᅴ (Yale: kezuy).
🔊 손님은 거의가 오셨습니다.
🔊 내 동생은 퇴근을 하면 남은 시간의 거의를 공부를 하는 데 쓰더라.
circa, roughly, about, approximately
köken: From Latin circa.
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
approximately, roughly · (analogous to зі (zi), used before consonant custers) with, together with, along with
köken: From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.
🔊 зо мною
indicates the elative case of a noun, adjective, numeral or pronoun
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-sta, from *-s- (internal locative infix; see -ssa) + *-ta (ablative/separative case suffix). Compare Erzya -сто (-sto), -стэ (-stë), Moksha -ста (-sta).
aile: -staan, -sti
I guess/I think · approximately
eş: možná, snad, pravděpodobně, nejspíš, přibližně, zhruba
köken: Inherited from Old Czech asi, as. By surface analysis, a + si (“clitic form of sobě”).
near, close, nearby · almost (very close to), nearly
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad prope, composed of ad (“to, at”) + prope (“near”). Compare Aromanian aproapea.
from · of, about, on
köken: From Proto-Uralic *roγ- (“nearness”) or Proto-Ugric *raŋɜ (“surface”) + -l (archaic ablative case suffix) formed the suffixed nominal *roγol. This turned into a postposition during the ancient Hungarian era. The γ inside the word was dropped and the shortened ról lost its independent role and became a case suffix. Its harmonic variant -ről appeared in the early Old Hungarian era.
🔊 Magyarországról kaptam egy levelet.
🔊 Leesett a lóról.
🔊 Levettem a poharat az asztalról.
approximately (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount)
köken: בְּ־ (b'-) + עֵרֶךְ (érekh, “value”)