brilliant, glaring clever 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Semantic evolution
Language 1 Classical Arabic
Language 2 Modern Written Arabic
Lexeme أَلْمَعُ ʔalmaʕ-u
Meaning 1 brightly shining, sparkling, flashing, glowing as-sikkīn-u ʔalmaʕ-u mina l-barḳ-i fī l-ɣamām-i
a knife which is more shiny than a lightning in the clouds
Direction
Meaning 2 sagacious, smart, shrewd, clever, bright, intelligent
Reference WKAS: 1422 Wehr: 1031
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme bright
Meaning 1 shining, glittering the bright lights
the bright lights
Direction
Meaning 2 smart bright student; bright idea
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme brilliant
Meaning 1 brilliant, glaring
Direction
Meaning 2 intelligent
Reference Sweetser 1990: 40
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Syriac
Lexeme nahir
Meaning 1 light, bright, shining, clear šemšā nahirā
shining sun
Direction
Meaning 2 enlightened, wise, far-seeing, clear-sighted ṭalyā nahirā
an intelligent boy
Reference Payne Smith: 329
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Tigre
Lexeme bārəh
Meaning 1 shining, bright, clean
Direction
Meaning 2 clever
Reference WTS: 274
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