brilliant, glaring
—
transparent
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme | نَيِّر nayyir | |
| Meaning 1 | bright, shining, lighted | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | transparent | |
| Reference | Baranov | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | نَمِرَ namira | |
| Lexeme 2 | نَمِر ,نَمِير namir-, namīr- | |
| Meaning 1 | to be brilliant | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pure, clean | مَآءٌ نَمِيرٌ māˀu namīru (syn. to مَآءٌ زَاكٍ māˀu zākin) sweet water (= clean and potable) |
| Reference | Lane: 2853 LA: 5 276 | |
| Comment | The lexeme goes back to the Proto-Semitic root *nmr ‘to be brilliant’, presumably attested in Arb. (Kogan 2015:340, Bulakh 2005a:196-198). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme | nahir | |
| Meaning 1 | light, bright, shining | šemšā nahirā the shining sun |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clear, transparent | mayā nahirā clear waters |
| Reference | Payne Smith: 329 | |
| Comment | ||