rare
↔
expensive
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1418 | expensive | ↔ | dear, darling | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | aḳru | |
| Meaning 1 | rare (animals, plants, stones etc.) | šumma umām ṣēri aḫû aḳru ana libbi āli īrub if a strange, rare wild animal enters the city |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | expensive; precious, valuable | annuku annakam waḳru 14 GÍN.TA u ša šapliš izzaz tin is expensive here, it stands at 14 shekels or less |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD a 2, 207-208 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme | nund | |
| Meaning 1 | rare | ḳärši nund bä-räpärä gəzyä ... when money was rare... |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | expensive | |
| Reference | EDG I: 85 | |
| Comment | The original meaning is 'to love' (hence 'beloved, dear, darling' > 'expensive'). Cf. also tärämädä-m 'to be loved' -> 'to be expensive'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʕazīz- | |
| Meaning 1 | rare; scarce; hardly to be found | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | dear, highly esteemed, greatly valued | |
| Reference | Lane: 2032 | |
| Comment | ||