to take prisoner
→
to charm, to delight
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Romanian |
| Lexeme |
a cuceri |
| Meaning 1 |
to conquer, to capture, to take hold |
a cuceri cetatea
"to occupy a fortress" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to cause sympathy |
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| Reference |
DEX98 |
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| Comment |
cf. the adjective cuceritor 'charming': zâmbet cuceritor 'charming smile'. From Latin *conquaerĕre < conquirĕre |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Russian |
| Lexeme |
plenit' |
| Meaning 1 |
to capture |
Противник был окружен и пленен.
"The enemy was encircled and captured" |
| Meaning 2 |
to charm |
Ее взор меня пленил.
"I was captivated by her look." |
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| Comment |
Ожегов. Стр. 523. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
English |
| Lexeme |
captivate |
| Meaning 1 |
to capture, to take prisoners |
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| Meaning 2 |
to delight, to charm |
Her beauty captivated him
"Her beauty captivated him (Гальперин, Англо-Русский словарь, 1979. стр. 218)" |
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| Comment |
Meaning А is obsolete. Cf.also captivating 'пленительный, очаровательный'. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Amharic |
| Lexeme |
marräkä |
| Meaning 1 |
to capture, to take prisoners |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to charm, to attract |
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| Reference |
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| Comment |
[K 189] (the original meaning is that of 'take prisoner'; Cf. Ge'ez māhraka 'take as booty, plunder, loot, rob, pillage' [LGz. 334] |
| Realization |
| Type |
Cognates |
| Language 1 |
Old Slavonic |
| Language 2 |
Russian |
| Lexeme 1 |
въсхытити |
| Lexeme 2 |
voshitit' |
| Meaning 1 |
to grasp, to seize, to kidnap |
насъ въсхытивъше ведете (Старославянский словарь, 157) |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to make admire |
Он меня совершенно восхитил.
"I felt a perfect admiration for him." |
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| Comment |
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| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Russian |
| Lexeme |
zahvatit' |
| Meaning 1 |
to capture |
захватить заложников
"to take hostages" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to enthrall |
работа меня захватила
"the work absorbed me" |
| Reference |
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| Comment |
Cf. Also захватывающий (absorbing) |
| Realization |
| Type |
Semantic evolution |
| Language |
French |
| Lexeme |
ravir |
| Meaning 1 |
to steal, to carry away, to deprive of smth by force |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to delight, to charm |
être ravi
"to be delighted" |
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| Comment |
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