face
→
side (n.)
2 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | وَجْه wağh- | |
| Meaning 1 | face | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | side (n.) | من كلّ الوجوه min kull-i wağh-in on all sides; in all respects |
| Reference | Lane: 3050 Baranov | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme | paʔtā, patā | |
| Meaning 1 | face | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | side | |
| Reference | LSyr.: 554 | |
| Comment | According to SED I, No. 204, two Proto-Semitic (probably related) words are reconstructed as *pVʔ-at 'face, front' and *piʔ-at 'side, border'. | |