face
→
direction
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | wağh- | |
Meaning 1 | face | yawm-a tabyaḍḍu wuğūh-un wa-taswaddu wuğūh-un Koran 3:106/102: 'on the day when faces become white and faces become black' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | direction | ramaw wağh-an wḥid-an ‘they shot in one direction’ |
Reference | ||
Comment | BK II 1495; Lane 3050. The primary lexeme for meaning B has been derived from the same root, ğihat-. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme | gaṣṣ | |
Meaning 1 | face | yəkaddənu gaṣṣomu Jes. 6:2: 'they cover their face' |
Meaning 2 | way, direction | wəsta gaṣṣa ʔafʔa to the entrance |
Reference | ||
Comment | LLA 1208; LGz. 205 |