to catch up
→
to understand
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ʔadraka | |
Meaning 1 | to reach, to catch up, to overtake | mašaytu ḥattā´ ʔadraktuhu I walked until I caught up with him |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to grasp, to comprehend | |
Reference | Lane: 873 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kubachi | |
Lexeme | гьегъебидигъи(й) | |
Meaning 1 | to reach | талавзивли гьегъивидигъулада can't catch up ahead person |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to understand | мурадли гьегъивидигъи to understand the plan |
Reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 159 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | постичи | |
Lexeme 2 | постичь (postič') | |
Meaning 1 | to catch up with | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to understand | |
Reference | Sreznevskij: 1264 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | догонять (dogonjat') | |
Meaning 1 | to catch up | Петя догнал Васю Petya caught up with Vasya |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to understand (colloq.) | он не догоняет He does not understand |
Reference | Mokienko, Nikitina 2000 | |
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