to feel thirsty
—
to want
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2651 | to feel hunger | — | to want | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | dipsao | |
| Meaning 1 | to feel thirsty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to long for, to desire | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | thirst | |
| Meaning 1 | thirst | |
| Meaning 2 | strong desire | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ṣamʔa | |
| Meaning 1 | to be thirsty | ʔəlla ṣamʔu māya ba-badw 'who wanted water in the desert' (Jes. 48:21); ʔəsma rəḫəbku wa-ʔablāʕkəmuni wa-ṣamāʔku wa-ʔastaykəmuni 'because I was hungry and you fed me, and I was thirsty and you let me drink' (Matth. 25:35) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to desire | bəḍuʕān ʔəlla yərəḫəbu wa-yəṣamməʔu la-ṣədḳ 'blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for justice' (Matth. 5:6); ṣamʔat nafsəya ḫaba ʔamlākiya ḥəyāw 'my soul longed for my living God' (Ps. 41/42:2) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 1271-72, LGz. 557); the meaning B is not given in the dictionaries but is clearly realized in the language. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | sitio, -ire | |
| Meaning 1 | to feel thirsty | esurire e sitire 'to be hungry and thirsty' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to desire, long for | sitientes aures 'the ears which desire (to hear the news)'; sitire honores 'to long for honours' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Slavonic | |
| Lexeme | жѧдати | |
| Meaning 1 | to crave | |
| Meaning 2 | to want | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Старославянский словарь, с. 222 | |