to bend, bow (intr.)
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to be disposed towards
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Derivation |
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Russian |
| Lexeme 1 |
naklonjat'sja |
| Lexeme 2 |
imet' sklonnosti, naklonnosti |
| Meaning 1 |
to bend |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to be inclined |
a. Он склонен к алкоголизму. 'He is inclined to become an alcoholic'; |
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Polysemy |
| Language |
Classical Arabic |
| Lexeme |
māla |
| Meaning 1 |
to incline, to bend to earth (intr.) |
wa-l-layl-u li-l-ġarb-i ḳad mālat kawākib-u-hu 'and the stars of the night bend down to earth' (Polosin 1995:558 [Antara b. Shaddad 42:6]) |
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→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to be disposed towards somebody or something, to like somebody or something |
māla ʔilay-hi 'he loved him' (Lane 3026) |
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| Comment |
(BK II 1174; Lane 3026). |
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| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
German |
| Lexeme |
neigen |
| Meaning 1 |
'to bend, to bow (tr.)'; sich neigen 'to bend, to bow (intr.)' |
Das Schiff neigte sich zur Seite 'The ship lurched to one side' |
| Direction |
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| Meaning 2 |
to be disposed towards something, to prefer something |
Die politisch Konservativen neigen zum Schwarz-Weiss Denken 'The political conservatives are inclined to black-and-white thinking' |
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| Comment |
(Duden 2719).The verb A is transitive (and the intransitive meaning is expressed with a reflexive sich neigen), whereas the verb B is intransitive. Cp. Neigung 'das Geneigtsein; die Vorliebe' 'inclination, preference' (Duden 2720). Probably a calque from Latin inclino (see the English example). |
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| Type |
Polysemy |
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English |
| Lexeme |
incline |
| Meaning 1 |
to bend, bow (intr.) |
to incline the head |
| Direction |
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| Meaning 2 |
to be disposed towards |
to incline to an opinion |
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cp. Lat. Quocunque vestrae mentes inclinant 'to whichever side your opinions inline' (Cicero Oratio IV in Catilinam, 31-32) < inclino 'to bend, bow (tr.)' (Lewis-Short 923) |
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Polysemy |
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Gagauz |
| Lexeme |
mayıl |
| Meaning 1 |
inclined, downward, slanting |
майыл казык
"a lopsided pole" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
inclined |
майылым она
"I fancy him, I love him" |
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| Comment |
ГРМС 323. |
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| Type |
Polysemy |
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Amharic |
| Lexeme |
agaddälä |
| Meaning 1 |
to incline (intr.), to lean to one side, slip down (to one side) |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to incline (to something), to be partial |
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| Comment |
(K 2038). |