bad
—
lean
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ġaṯṯa | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to be bad' | ġaṯṯat ʕalaynā makkat-un fa-lā budda lanā min ḫurūğ-in 'Mekka has become unpleasing to so that there is for us no avoiding going forth' |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to be lean, meagre' | ġaṯṯa baʕīrī ṯumma ġaṯṯaṯa 'my camel became lean; then he became somewhat fat' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 2229; BK II 435; Meaning B is cited as primary. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | German | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | schlimm | |
| Lexeme 2 | slim | |
| Meaning 1 | bad | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | slim, thin | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | арыкълыкъ | |
| Meaning 1 | trouble, misery | арыкълыкъ манъар woe is me! (lit. I am lost) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | meagreness | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | usal | |
| Meaning 1 | plain, poor, unsightly | усал парча fabric of bad quality |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | thin, lean | усал хьун to lose weight (also to get worse) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 328) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | худой | |
| Lexeme 2 | худой | |
| Meaning 1 | bad | худой мир лучше доброй ссоры things look bad |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thin | высокий худой мужчина lean person |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | дьудэй- | |
| Meaning 1 | to decay | балык дьүдэйбит the fish got rotten |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to lose weight | оҕонньор дьүдэйбит the old man lost weight |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЯРС 134. | |