to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may · to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may · expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable
çekim: geçmiş durfte · ortaç gedurft · şimdiki darf · ulaç dürfend
eş: können
köken: From Middle High German durfen, dürfen, from Old High German durfan, from Proto-West Germanic *þurban, cognate with Ancient Greek τέρπω (térpō, “I delight, please”), English tharf. See können for the origin of the historically unexpected umlaut.
to be able to, can · to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
çekim: geçmiş pude · ortaç podido · şimdiki puede
eş: gobierno
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.
aile: a más no poder, hasta más no poder, no poder con su alma, no poder hacer carrera, no poder tragar, no poder ver, no puede ser, poder con, puede que, querer es poder
çekim: geçmiş мо́гший · ortaç мо́гший · şimdiki мо́жет · ulaç могу́щий
eş: быть в состоянии, быть в силах, уметь
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, “means, remedy”) and Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”) (whence English may, might).
to be allowed · may, can, be allowed to · may go, can go, to be allowed to go
çekim: geçmiş mochten · ortaç gemogen · şimdiki mag · ulaç mogend
köken: From Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
köken: This is a compound phrase of the interrogative particle か (ka, used to form questions, also used as a coordinating particle similar to English whether), the inclusive particle も (mo, “even, also”) plus the negative potential non-past form 知(し)れない (shirenai, literally “can not know”) of the verb 知(し)る (shiru, “to know something”), all together literally meaning “can not even know whether…
to be able; can; may, might expressing lack of something blocking action · to be able; can; may, might expressing permission · to be able; can; may, might expressing high probability
çekim: geçmiş możono · şimdiki może
eş: wolno, może, być może, możliwe że
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-tei Proto-Slavic *-ti Proto-Slavic *moťì Old Polish móc Polish móc Inherited from Old Polish móc.
to be allowed; to be permitted · although, even if
çekim: ortaç licitus · şimdiki liceat · ulaç licēns
köken: Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *likēt, from Proto-Indo-European *lik-eh₁-yéti, from a root of the shape *leyk-, though there are no certain cognates outside of Italic. Cognate with liceor, liceō, Oscan 𐌋𐌝𐌊𐌝𐌕𐌖𐌃 (líkítud, “it is permitted”); outside of Italic, compare perhaps Lithuanian reikė́ti (“to need”).
used to indicate that it is possible for somebody or something to do something; can, be able to · to know how to do something, can, be able to · to be allowed to do something, can, may
çekim: geçmiş none · ortaç могъ́л · şimdiki мо́же · ulaç мо́жещ
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощи (mošti), from Proto-Slavic *moťi.
aile: възмогна, възмогвам, домогна се, домогвам се, замогна се, замогвам се, изнемогна, изнемогвам, надмогна, надмогвам
Той не можа да отговори на въпроса.
Стадионът може да бъде изпразнен за четири минути.
Не мога да обещая нищо, но ще направя каквото мога.
may; be allowed, authorized, have the right (to do something) · can; to be possible, desirable · to dare, to encourage oneself (to do something)
çekim: geçmiş drīkstēju · ortaç drīkstēts · şimdiki drīkst
köken: From an earlier drīstēt (still dialectally attested) with an epenthetic k, the intensive form of an older verb *drīst, from a stem *drīs-, from Proto-Baltic *drins-, from the (nasalized) zero grade form *dʰr̥ns- of the Proto-Indo-European stem *dʰers-, *dʰres-, *dʰros- (“to dare, to be brave, to attack”) (whence also Latvian drošs (“brave, safe, sure”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian…
köken: Borrowed from Old Khmer ʼāca, ʼāc, ʼâca, ʼācca, ʼac, ʼac, hāc (“to be able, capable, or competent; to allow, to permit; etc”). See อำนาจ (am-nâat, “power, authority”), borrowed from an extended form of the Khmer, for more.
aile: ไม่อาจ, อาจ ... ได้, อาจจะ, อาจไม่
Etimoloji
From ma- + ari with initial reduplication, literally, “could have; able to be taken as”.