μαλθακός

Ancient Greek

adj-1&2
Definitions
  • soft, tender, mellow
  • (metaphorically) weak, feeble
  • gentle, mild, mellow

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mel-

Gloss

soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

暗, 闇, 冥

Emoji
🍦 🔈️

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