moon
→
silver
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme 1 | sahrā | |
| Lexeme 2 | shr, shrˀ | |
| Meaning 1 | moon | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | |
| Reference | CAL Kogan 2015: 41, note 96 LSyr.: 462 | |
| Comment | Kogan 2015: "It is uncertain to what extent *ŝahr- was synonymous to *warḫ- in Proto-Semitic: could the former designate specifically the “new moon,” “crescent”?". Also Hbr. ŝahărōnīm 'little moons (as amulets or jewelry)' (HALOT 1311). |
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