to apprehend, to seize, to grasp, to conceive · to encompass, to surround
çekim: geçmiş befing · şimdiki befängt · ulaç befangend
eş: voreingenommen, gehemmt, verlegen
köken: From Middle High German bevāhen, from Old High German bifāhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifą̄han. Equivalent to be- + fangen. The homonymic past participle is continued as adjective.
aile: Befangenheit
Zweifellos müssen die Gewerkschaften reagieren. Sie sind in Denkmustern und Hierarchien befangen, die längst überholt sind.
çekim: karşılaştırma humilior · üstünlük humillimus
köken: From humus + -ilis. The resemblance to Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós) is cognate, but probably accidental, and not sufficient to assume a direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo- (a derivative from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)). Compare also Middle English dingle (“depression, hollow”) (from Old English *dyngel).
çekim: karşılaştırma mere beskeden · üstünlük mest beskeden
köken: From Middle Low German beschēden (“prudent”) and, in the modern meaning, influenced by German bescheiden. Originally a past participle of the verb bescheiden.