köken: From Middle High German mügelichheit, mügelichkeit. By surface analysis, möglich (“possible”) + -keit (“-ness, -ity”). Compare Alemannic German Möglichkeit, Luxembourgish Méiglechkeet, Dutch mogelijkheid, Swedish möjlighet.
Das ist nicht möglich. — Bu imkânsız.
Das wäre bestimmt eine Möglichkeit.
Du musst zwischen diesen beiden Möglichkeiten wählen.
eş: bois-de-mai, épine blanche, épine de mai, cenelier, noble-espine
köken: Inherited from Old French aube espine, from Late Latin alba spīna, from Latin alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Cf. Italian albaspina, Catalan albespí.
köken: Probably a calque of Medieval Latin albus spīnus (attested in the 11th c.), ultimately from Late Latin alba spīna. By surface analysis, bianco + spino.
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…
köken: From kan (“can, may”) + ske (“happen, occur”), less commonly used similar constructions include kanhända, måhända, törhända, and Danish måske. Compare Elfdalian kanstji, Norwegian kanskje, Icelandic kannski, and Faroese kanska.
Det är omöjligt. — Kadın: Bu, imkânsız.
[Kan] jag älska henne nu, då hon har [givit] sig åt en främmande man? Eller kanske åt flera…
Trots allt var jag en god medsoldat och skulle kanske kunna bli en ännu bättre.
possible, contingent, incidental (able but not certain to happen) · possible, feasible, viable [with allative ‘to someone’] (capable of being done or achieved) · potential (existing in possibility, not in actuality)
çekim: karşılaştırma mahdollisempi · üstünlük mahdollisin
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”).