Number of realizations
7
to take prisoner
→
to charm, to delight
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | a cuceri | |
Meaning 1 | to conquer, to capture, to take hold | a cuceri cetatea "to occupy a fortress" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to cause sympathy | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
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Comment | cf. the adjective cuceritor 'charming': zâmbet cuceritor 'charming smile'. From Latin *conquaerĕre < conquirĕre |
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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. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | captivate | |
Meaning 1 | to capture, to take prisoners | |
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Comment | Meaning А is obsolete.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'. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | marräkä | |
Meaning 1 | to capture, to take prisoners | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to charm, to attract | |
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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] |
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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 | → | |
Meaning 2 | to make admire | Он меня совершенно восхитил. "I felt a perfect admiration for him." |
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Comment | ###ИГ |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | zahvatit' | |
Meaning 1 | to capture | захватить заложников "to take hostages" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to enthrall | работа меня захватила "the work absorbed me" |
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Comment | Cf. Also захватывающий (absorbing) |
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | ravir | |
Meaning 1 | to steal, to carry away, to deprive of smth by force | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to delight, to charm | être ravi "to be delighted" |
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