old (vs. young)
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old (vs. new)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | yāšān | |
| Meaning 1 | old (of person) | ˀal ṯāṭaš ˀwhb yāšān kī ḥā[d]āš lō(ˀ) y[..]dq[.] (Sir 9:10) Do not abandon old friends, for new ones cannot equal them. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | old (of object) | wū-miqwā ˁăŝīṯäm bēn ha-ḥōmōṯayim lə-mē ha-bbərēḵā ha-yəšānā (Is 22:11) You made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool ... |
| Reference | HALOT: root no. 4070 | |
| Comment | The sequence of ˀwhb in the first text example probably should be reconstructed as ˀūhēḇ, which is originally ˀōhēḇ 'loving; friend'. Note, the text example is from The Book of Sirach, which is absent in the canonical version of the Bible. |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | star | |
| Meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | vrlo star very old (man) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | |
| Reference | HJP | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kildin Saami | |
| Lexeme | вуэммь | |
| Meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | вуэммь олма old man |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | вуэммь мāлець an old malitsa (deer coat) |
| Reference | Kuruč 1985: 62 | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | velho | |
| Meaning 1 | old (person) | Velhos senhores de cabeleira branca Aged gentlemen with white manes |
| Meaning 2 | old (thing) | ...carros velhos abandonados nos rios …old cars thrown into the rivers |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | staryj | |
| Meaning 1 | the one who reached old age | Старый человек. an old man |
| Meaning 2 | existing for a long time | a. Старая любовь не ржавеет. 'Old love does not rust.' b. Старый друг лучше новых двух. 'One old friend is better than two new ones.' c. Уплатить старый долг. 'To pay an old debt.' d. Старая дорога. 'An old road.' |
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| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | стар (star) | |
| Meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | стар човек old man |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | старо одело, старе ципеле old suit, old shoes |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1266 | |
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