dry
→
lean
14 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Adyghe | |
| Lexeme | jeʁʷǝƛ'en | |
| Meaning 1 | to stick, to dry on | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose weight, to be done up | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | АдРС 103 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | däräḳ | |
| Meaning 1 | 'dry, dried, dried-out' | däräḳ ənč̣ät 'dry wood' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'badly nourished or fed (and hence gaunt)' | däräḳ set 'skinny woman' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 1744); cf. also Tna. däräḳ̆ 'dry, arid, stony (soil), dry (grain); scrawny, lean' (KT 2079) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ἰσχνός | |
| Meaning 1 | dry, withered | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thin, lean | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | quru- | |
| Meaning 1 | to dry | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose weight | |
| Reference | ARRAL: 172 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | yabs-, yabas- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'dry, dried up' | ḥaṭab-un yabs-un 'dry fire-wood' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lean | ʔatān-un yabsat-un 'a she-ass dry and lean' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | 'dry, dried up, exsiccated' (Lane 2975) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Erzya | |
| Lexeme | коське | |
| Meaning 1 | dry | коське пенгть dry wood |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thin, lean | коське ломань thin person |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЭрзРС 297 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | sec | |
| Meaning 1 | dry, withered, dried | sable sec dry sand |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | gaunt, lean, thin | vieillard sec a gaunt old man |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | The meaning 'dry' is primary, because it has been registered in Lat. siccus (Glare 1754-1755). The etimology of the Fr. sec see in (Meyer-Lübke 594) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | kuru | |
| Meaning 1 | dry, withered | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thin, lean | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 297. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | száraz | |
| Meaning 1 | dry | száraz ág a dry branch |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lean | |
| Reference | MEK 1978: 1250 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Lithuanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | džiùti | |
| Lexeme 2 | džiusnà | |
| Meaning 1 | to dry, to wither | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | thin, lean (person) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LRŽ 167 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | gān | |
| Meaning 1 | dry | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | exhausted | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БКРС 13369 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | sohnut' | |
| Meaning 1 | to dry | бельё сохнет the linen is drying |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose flesh, to emaciate | Он сохнет на глазах He is falling away in front of your eyes. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | nywea | |
| Meaning 1 | to dry, to wither | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose weight | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | nyaa | |
| Meaning 1 | to dry, to wither | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to decrease (in size) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |