nature
—
human temper, character
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme | priroda | |
Meaning 1 | nature | pitoma priroda tamed nature |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | human temper, character, nature | osjetljiva priroda sensitive nature |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | nature | |
Meaning 1 | nature, universe | The most amazing things about nature is its infinite variety. Наиболее поразительное в природе - ее бесконечное разнообразие. |
Meaning 2 | character, temper, nature | placid nature; impetuous nature — спокойный, тихий характер |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | t’ebiat | |
Meaning 1 | nature | |
Meaning 2 | character, nature | хуш тIебиат авай инсан cheerful, kind person (=having a cheerful character) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LezgRus 324). An Arabism, and in Arabic both meanings are there. |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
Lexeme | طَبِيعَة ṭabīʕat- | |
Meaning 1 | nature | طَبِيعَة صامتة still life |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | natural disposition, constitution peculiarity, individuality, character | الطبائع الاربع (الحرارة والبرودة والرطوبة واليبوسة) (ист.) четыре свойства, определяющие характер человека: теплота, холод, влажность, сухость. |
Reference | Wehr: 645 Baranov Lane: 1824 | |
Comment | The original meaning is 'character, disposition, temperament' (see Lane 1824). Perhaps, a calque from a European language. |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | натура | |
Meaning 1 | (obsolete) nature | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | human temper, character | |
Reference | BTS | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | природа (priroda) | |
Meaning 1 | nature | Човек је био роб природе. Man was a slave of nature. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | human temper, character, nature | осећајна природа sensitive nature |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1048 | |
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