bad
—
lean
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ġaṯṯa | |
Meaning 1 | 'to be bad' | ġaṯṯat ʕalaynā makkat-un fa-lā budda lanā min ḫurūğ-in 'Mekka has become unpleasing to so that there is for us no avoiding going forth' |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | 'to be lean, meagre' | ġaṯṯa baʕīrī ṯumma ġaṯṯaṯa 'my camel became lean; then he became somewhat fat' |
Reference | ||
Comment | Lane 2229; BK II 435; Meaning B is cited as primary. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | German | |
Language 2 | English | |
Lexeme 1 | schlimm | |
Lexeme 2 | slim | |
Meaning 1 | bad | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | slim, thin | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Karaim | |
Lexeme | арыкълыкъ | |
Meaning 1 | trouble, misery | арыкълыкъ манъар woe is me! (lit. I am lost) |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | meagreness | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | usal | |
Meaning 1 | plain, poor, unsightly | усал парча fabric of bad quality |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | thin, lean | усал хьун to lose weight (also to get worse) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LezgRus 328) |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | худой | |
Lexeme 2 | худой | |
Meaning 1 | bad | худой мир лучше доброй ссоры things look bad |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | thin | высокий худой мужчина lean person |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | дьудэй- | |
Meaning 1 | to decay | балык дьүдэйбит the fish got rotten |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to lose weight | оҕонньор дьүдэйбит the old man lost weight |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЯРС 134. |