to blossom
↔
to flourish, prosper
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | θάλλω | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be abundant, lush | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LSJ 783, also θηλέω | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | εὐανθής | |
| Meaning 1 | covered with flowers | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prosperous | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | also 'thick (beard)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | blomstre | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | blomstrende kirsebærtræer blossoming cherry trees |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to flourish, prosper | handelen blomstrer the business is flourishing |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | virágzik | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to succeed | |
| Reference | Гальди 1974: 793 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | fífill | |
| Meaning 1 | dandelion (also some other plants form the thistle family) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prime | mega muna sinn fífil fegri to have known better days |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Берков | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | floreo, -ere | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to prosper, to be strong, rich, powerful | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Glare 714 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | blomstre | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | kirsebærtrærne blomstrer the cherry trees are blossoming |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to flourish | kulturlivet blomstrer cultural life flourishes |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Norse | |
| Lexeme | blōmi | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prosperity | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Buck 527 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a înflori | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | au înflorit merii apple trees blossomed |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to prosper, to make progress | înfloresc centrele de cultură Cultural centers are prospering |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | DRRS 1, 1121, DEX98 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | cvesti | |
| Lexeme 2 | procvetat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | Цветет роза The rose is blossoming |
| Meaning 2 | to prosper | Предприятие процветает the enterprise is prospering |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | ua | |
| Meaning 1 | flower | maua уа mwitu wild flowers |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prosperity | hana maua He is not succeeding |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | blomstra | |
| Meaning 1 | to blossom | de vandrade över blomstrande ängar they wandered through blossoming meadows |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to flourish | varvsindustrin blomstrade ännu på 1960-talet the shipbuilding industry was still flourishing in the 1960s |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
Buck 527