low (location) bad (ethically) 21 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Armenian
Lexeme 1 c‘ac (ցած)
Lexeme 2 c‘achogi (ցածհոգի)
Meaning 1 low
Direction
Meaning 2 mean, base
Reference АрмРС
Comment АрмРС 666
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Azerbaijani
Lexeme alçaq
Meaning 1 low
Direction
Meaning 2 mean, base
Reference ARRAL: 14
Comment The same in the Gagauz алчак (ГРМС 44).
NEW Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Bulgarian
Lexeme нисък
Meaning 1 low (location)

ниски облаци


low clouds

Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically)

За голямо съжаление, духовното ниво на тези, които могат да купуват картини, е много ниско. Г. Белев, КВА, 258. // Който е слабо развит. 


Unfortunately, the spiritual level of those who can buy paintings is very low. G. Belev, KVA, 258. // Who is underdeveloped.

Reference Bernštejn 1966: 379 RNBE
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme 1 sāfil-
Lexeme 2 safil-
Meaning 1 'low' (Lane 1375)
Direction
Meaning 2 'low, base, vile, ignoble, mean, sordid (of man)' (Lane 1374)
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme nizak
Meaning 1 low (location) nizak let
low flight
Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically) nizak postupak
mean act
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme lav
Meaning 1 low (location)
Direction
Meaning 2 bad, immoral
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme low
Meaning 1 low
Direction
Meaning 2 mean, base a low trick
a low trick
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme bas
Meaning 1 low (location) une chambre au plafond bas
a low-ceilinged room
Direction
Meaning 2 despicable, abject une basse vengeance
base revenge
Reference Larousse online
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme aşaa
Meaning 1 bottom
Direction
Meaning 2 mean, vile
Reference
Comment ГРМС 63.
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme niedrig
Meaning 1 'not high' niedriger Wasserstand
'a low water level'
Direction
Meaning 2 'morally low, base' niedrige Triebe, Instinkte;
'low instincts';
Reference
Comment (Duden 2741-42)
NEW Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme alacsony
Meaning 1 low (location)

alacsonyan szálló felhők


low flying clouds

Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically)

Alacsony lelkű ember. 


a man of low soul

Reference MEK 1978
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme йувуз
Meaning 1 low йувузгъа бар-
to fall, to descend (lit. To go down)
Direction
Meaning 2 mean, humiliating йувуз эть-
to lower, to humiliate (lit. to make low)
Reference
Comment КРПС 252.
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme humilis
Meaning 1 low arbor humilis
low tree
Direction
Meaning 2 mean qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme door
Meaning 1 below, at the bottom ширээн доор
under the table
Direction
Meaning 2 worse нохойноос доор
worse than a dog
Reference
Comment БАМРС. Сюда ли монгольский пример.
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Borrowing
Language 1 Old French
Language 2 English
Lexeme 1 bas
Lexeme 2 base
Meaning 1 'low'
Direction
Meaning 2 'lacking moral worth; cowardly, despicable' a base, degrading way of life
a base, degrading way of life
Reference
Comment (OERD 116)
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 pod
Lexeme 2 podlyj
Meaning 1 under
Direction
Meaning 2 mean
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme nizkij
Meaning 1 low низкий рост
short height
Direction
Meaning 2 low низкий поступок
a mean act
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Rutul
Lexeme алчахды / alčaχdɨ
Meaning 1 low (location)

алчахды къав / alčaχdɨ ɢaw


low ceiling

Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically)

алчахды эдеми / alčaχdɨ edemi


bad person

Reference Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 20
Comment
NEW Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme низак (nizak)
Meaning 1 low (location) низак плафон
low ceiling
Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically) низак поступак
mean act
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 834
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme låg
Meaning 1 low (location) ett lågt staket
a law fence
Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically) låga syften
a base goal
Reference SAO
Comment
NEW Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Tatar
Lexeme түбән
Meaning 1 low (location)
Direction
Meaning 2 bad (ethically)
Reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 444 Ganiev 1997: 314
Comment