stingy scanty, scarce 3 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme avare
Meaning 1 stingy être avare de qch
to save, not spend smth
Direction
Meaning 2 scanty, poor jour avare
poor light
Reference ABBYY LINGUO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme mišeqːat
Meaning 1 stingy мишекъат инсан
stingy person
Meaning 2 poor (in smth) векьиз мишекъат чка
a place with little grass, plants
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 241). The same in Tabassaran (МУШАКЪАТ), where it also means 'poor (e.g. person)', cf. (TabRus 238).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme skupoj
Meaning 1 too thrifty a. Он до крайности скуп. 'He is extremely stingy.' b. Мольер и Гоголь создали бессмертные образы скупого человека. 'Molière and Gogol created immortal stingy characters.'
Meaning 2 scanty Скупой свет керосиновой лампы. 'Scanty light of a petrol lamp.'
Reference
Comment (Ushakov)