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| Realization | ||
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | glava | |
| Lexeme 2 | glavnyj | |
| Meaning 1 | head | Главу с плеч долой! "Head off the shoulders!" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | principal | |
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| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | Haupt | |
| Lexeme 2 | Haupt- | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | principal (part of compunds ) | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | raʔs- | |
| Lexeme 2 | raʔīs- | |
| Meaning 1 | head | rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-i ‘such a one was shot by him in the head’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | principal | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | Similar derivatives from the same root are found in the majority of Semitic languages. | |
| Comment | (BK I 793-794; Lane 995-996). | |