Number of realizations
3
spot, stain
→
place
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ʔabḳaʕ- | |
| Lexeme 2 | buḳʕat- | |
| Meaning 1 | black and white | |
| Meaning 2 | lot, land | fī kull-I buḳʕat-in "in any place, anywhere" |
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| Comment | Lane 235, BK I 150. Lexeme buḳʕat- apparently originally meant 'a stain', cf. Contexts where meanings A and B are combined: fī l-ʔarḍ-I buḳaʕ-u min nabt-in 'in the land are small portions of herbage' | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | spot | |
| Meaning 1 | spot (НБАРС 331) | spot of mud "spot of mud (НБАРС 331)" |
| Meaning 2 | place, region, district | to investigate on the spot "to investigate on the spot" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Fleck | |
| Meaning 1 | spot [НЕМ 321] | einen Fleck entfernen, auswaschen [Duden 1256] "to remove a stain" |
| Meaning 2 | place (colloq.) [НЕМ 321] | ich stehe schon eine Studne auf demselben Fleck [Duden 1256] "I have been standing on the same spot for an hour" |
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