Number of realizations
6
to fall down
→
to experience failure
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | provalit'sja | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall through | a. Провалиться в погреб 'to fall in the cellar'. b. Провалиться в яму 'to fall in a pit'. c. Гнилой мосток провалился 'The rotten bridge collapsed'. d. Крыша провалилась 'The roof collapsed'. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to fail | a. Провалился на экзамене. 'He failed the exam.' |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | k’ʷatun | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall through | кIвалин къав кIватна "the house roof fell in" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to fail, to go bankrupt | a. адан планар кIватна 'His plans dropped through'; "его планы провалились" |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 214) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | ochiru (落ちる) | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall | もう一歩下がると、崖から落ちるよ "Another step, and you'll fall over the cliff." |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to fail an exam, to be defeated | 私は試験に落ちた "I failed the exam" |
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| Comment | EDICT | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | falla | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall | mörg tré féllu í óveðrinu "a lot of trees fell down during the storm" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be defeated, to lose, to fail (an exam) | hann féll í stærðfræði "he failed his math test" |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
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| Comment | Берков | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | falla | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | stenen föll ner från taket "the stone fell off the roof" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to experience failure | de kämpade bra men föll i kvartsfinalen "they played well but lost in the quarterfinals" |
| Reference | SAO | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | tomber | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | se casser une jambe en tombant "to break one's leg while falling" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be unsuccessful | Cette pièce tombera rapidement. "This play will be damned fast." |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
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