barely, hardly (qualifying verbs or adjectives) · barely any, almost no (qualifying amounts) · difficult, nearly impossible
eş: wenig, schwerlich
köken: From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”). Cognate with English comely and archaic Dutch kuim (“barely”).
köken: Probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuinnus, from *pittīnus, perhaps from a Celtic or Frankish root (cf. Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”); Old Irish bec, Irish beag, Welsh bach/bychan, Breton bihan). Compare Portuguese pequeno, cf. also French petit.
aile: en pequeño, letra pequeña, peque, pequeña burguesía, Pequeña Martinica, pequeña pantalla, pequeñez
çekim: karşılaştırma più piccolo · üstünlük minimo
eş: angusto, basso, breve, corto, esiguo, esile
zıt: grande, grosso
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from: * An onomatopoeic root or children's/nursery word *pikk-, *picc-. * From Vulgar Latin *pikk (“little”), related to *piccāre (“to pierce”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). * From picca (“point”). * From Vulgar Latin pittitus (“small, worthless”), which is linked to French petit and English piece.
little, small (in physical size) · small, micro- · insignificant, trifling (mainly used of money)
çekim: karşılaştırma خردتَر · üstünlük خردتَرین
zıt: کلان, بزرگ
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlt' /xwurd/, “little”), perhaps originally the past participle of [script needed] (hwltn' /xwardan/, “to eat”); for the semantic development, compare the derivation of Proto-West Germanic *biti (“bit”) from *bītan (“to bite”). Compare Talysh هرد (hərd), Northern Luri هیرد (hird), Baluchi ہورت (hurt, “little, tiny; lamb herd”); see خوردن (xwardan /xordan)…
slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat (of a span of time, or an amount or degree) · used to preface and soften a negative expression · an indirect expression of refusal: well, umm
köken: From ちっと (chitto), itself a geminated emphatic form of ちと (chito), originally composed of ち (chi, “small”, not used in isolation; cognate with the chi in 小さい chīsai) + と (to, adverbial particle). First attested in 1477.
little, not much (to a small degree) · little, not many (at a small frequency; not often; in small numbers) · no; not only (used to introduce a new, more apt characteristic ascribed to something)
eş: nieco, trochę, niewiele, odrobinę, tyle, co kot napłakał, tyle co nic
zıt: dużo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas Proto-Slavic *màlъ Old Polish mały Proto-Slavic *-o Old Polish -o Old Polish mało Polish mało Inherited from Old Polish mało. By surface analysis, mały + -o. Compare Kashubian mało and Slovincian malô.
aile: jakich mało, o mało, o mało co, małodobry, bez mała, co najmniej, jakby tego było mało, mało brakowało, mało co nie, mało nie
köken: A genitive or instructive singular form of *hiema, which could be from Proto-Finnic *hëëma-, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēmô through earlier *šeema(n) (in which case the word is a doublet of siemen), or alternatively derived from hieta through irregular suffix substitution. However, neither of these can be considered certain.
Saisinko hieman lisää?
Tänään meillä on tarjolla jotain hieman erikoisempaa.
köken: Supposedly from Vulgar Latin *miccus, from Doric Greek μῑκκός (mīkkós, “small”), variant of μικρός (mikrós). Compare Aromanian njic, Extreme Southern Italian nicu and miccu, Corsican micca, also Italian miccino. May also be related to Latin mīca (“crumb”); compare mică.
few, little (not as many/much as usual or as expected) · a little, some
çekim: karşılaştırma kevesebb · üstünlük legkevesebb
zıt: sok
köken: Possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *kepä (“light (weight)”); compare with Estonian kebja (“easy, quick”), Finnish kepeä (“light (weight), easy, quick”), and Northern Sami geahpas (“light”).
aile: kevesbedik, kevesbít, kevesbül, kevesedmagával, kevesell, kevesen, kevésbé, kevéske, kevéssé, aki sokat markol, keveset fog
köken: From Old Latin parvos, from Proto-Italic *pauros (“few, small”) with sonority hierarchy-related metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-rós, suffixed form of *peh₂w-. Cognate with Ancient Greek παῦρος (paûros), Old Armenian փոքր (pʻokʻr), and the Germanic cognates under Proto-Germanic *fawaz.
Inherited from Byzantine Greek λίγος (lígos), form of ὀλίγος (olígos) from the ancient Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos), with omission of ⟨ο⟩, perceived as an article (ὁ). Also see ολίγος (olígos).