sweet (taste)
→
fresh (of water)
16 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | γλυκύς | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | γλυκὺ ὕδωρ fresh water |
Reference | LSJ | |
Comment | LSJ 352 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Azerbaijani | |
Lexeme | şirin | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | The word has been borrowed from Persian. |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | sweet | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | sweet water fresh water |
Reference | ||
Comment | It is used along with 'fresh water' |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | شیرین širin | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (water) | اب شیرین āb-e širin fresh water |
Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 126 | |
Comment | ПРС 13. |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Finnish | |
Lexeme | makea | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | doux | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | Le miel est doux. Honey is sweet. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | eau douce fresh water |
Reference | Larousse online | |
Comment | Cf. Ital. acqua dolce 'пресная вода', Rum. Apa dulce DRRS 1, 750 |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme 1 | Süß | |
Lexeme 2 | Süßwasser | |
Meaning 1 | ||
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh water | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. the Swed. söt 'sweet', sötvatten 'fresh water' |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language | Hill Mari | |
Lexeme | ширӹ | |
Meaning 1 | (dated) sweet (taste) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hungarian | |
Lexeme | édes | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | édesvíz 'пресная вода' édesvíz 'fresh water' |
Reference | ||
Comment | Possibly a German calque. |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | dulcis | |
Lexeme 2 | aqua dulcis | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | sweet water | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Glare 578 |
NEW Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | шере | |
Meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | Мӱкш ден ошымшӱлыш-влак шере мӱйым погат (Анатолий Айзенворт) Bees and bumblebees collect sweet honey |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Hebrew | |
Lexeme | מָתוק māṯōq | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (water) | מַיִם מָתוקִים mayim māṯōqīm fresh water |
Reference | HAL: root no. 5869 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
Lexeme | حُلْو ḥulw- | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | ʔat-tuffāḥ-u l-ḥulw-u sweet apples |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (water) | wa-faḳadat ʔahl-u l-ḳāhirat-i l-māʔ-a l-ḥulw-a wa-štadda bi-n-nās-i l-ʕaṭš-u bi-sabab-i ḏālika Cairo people had no more fresh (lit. sweet) water left, and because of that their thirst got stronger. |
Reference | Wehr: 237 | |
Comment | www.al-eman.com/Islamlib; www-duhaa.net/212.htm |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Old Slavonic | |
Lexeme | сладъкъ | |
Meaning 1 | ||
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | дьнесь моръскыѩ сланыѩ воды сладькы бываѭтъ | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. Serb.-Cr. слатка вода 'fresh water' [Толстой 2001: 550]. |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | tatlı | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Meaning 2 | sweet water | |
Reference | ||
Comment | The same in Gagauz татлы су 'fresh water', татлы 'sweet'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkmen | |
Lexeme | süÿji | |
Meaning 1 | sweet | |
Meaning 2 | fresh (water) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |