to move quickly
→
to care for, look after
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | saʕāˊ | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘to walk, go quickly’ | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to be active, busy and bustling' | huwa yasʕāˊ ʕalāˊ ḳawm-i-hi; ʔal-marʔ-u yasʕāˊ li-ġāray-hi;saʕāˊ l-mukātib-u fī ʕitḳ-i raḳabat-i-hi ‘he manages the affairs of his people’;‘the man earns for his belly’;‘the slave (who has contracted with his master) laboured to earn the means of releasing himself’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 1366 | |