flower
→
best part of something
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Armenian | |
| Lexeme | całik (ծաղիկ) | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | Soynpēs ew gunak gunak ew erpʿn erpʿn całkancʿn; orpēs manragorn ew vardn ew šušann ew aspazann ew yasmikn ew aniarn ew smnakn ew nergisn ew šampłitakn ew mełrukn, hōrōtn ew mōrōtn ew manišakn; ew ayln amenayn hamaspram całkancʿn ew caṙocʿn boyskʿ bołboǰocʿn garnanwoyn erewescʿin yet jmeranwoyn (Սոյնպէս եւ գունակ գունակ եւ երփն երփն ծաղկանցն․ որպէս մանրագորն եւ վարդն եւ շուշանն եւ ասպազանն եւ յասմիկն եւ անիարն եւ սմնակն եւ ներգիսն եւ շամպղիտակն եւ մեղրուկն, հօրօտն եւ մօրօտն եւ մանիշակն․ եւ այլն ամենայն համասպրամ ծաղկանցն եւ ծառոցն բոյսք բողբոջոցն գարնանւոյն երեւեսցին յետ ձմերանւոյն։) Likewise the various kinds and colors of flowers, like the mandrake and rose, and lily and soldanel, and jasmin and lotus, and sumach and narcissus, and arum and lungwort, and hyacinth and poppy and violet. And of all the other fragrant flowers and trees, the budding shoots will appear in spring after the winter. (Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 645. English translation by Robert W. Thomson) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (fig.) choice, best | całik ałi (ծաղիկ աղի) fine salt |
| Reference | Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | cvijet | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | best | cvijet naroda, u cvijetu mladosti the best people of the nation, in the best time of youth |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Blüte | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | ein Baum voller Blüten a tree full of flowers |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | best | die Blüte der Literatur; die Blüte der Ritterschaft the flourishing (golden age) of literature; the pick of the knighthood |
| Reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | kwiat | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elita, a group of people who stand out in a community because of some highly valued qualities or goods or privileges they have | |
| Reference | WSJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | цвет | |
| Meaning 1 | (obsolete) flower | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | best | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | цвет (cvet) | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | ружин цвет, јабуков цвет rose flower, apple flower |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | best | цвет јунака, цвет друштва the best of the heroes, the best people of the society |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1480 | |
| Comment | ||
Cf. also the French expression la fine fleur 'the best of sth.': la fine fleur de la société 'high society, elite'