to strike, hit to astonish 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme utsu
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit 彼は私の頭を打った
'He hit me on the head'
Direction
Meaning 2 to surprise, to amaze 当地で私の心を打つ物と言えば、みんなが親切なことです
'What strikes me here is people's friendliness.'
Reference
Comment EDICT.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme strike
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to strike, to surprize The thing that strikes me these days is just the complete lack of empathy these people have.
'The thing that strikes me these days is just the complete lack of empathy these people have.'
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme τύπτω
Meaning 1 to beat, to hit, to wound
Direction
Meaning 2 to strike deeply ἡ ἀληθηΐη τῶν λόγων ἔτυψε (τὸν Καμβύσεα)
'the truth of these words struck Cambyses'
Reference LSJ
Comment LSJ 1836
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme frapper
Meaning 1 to beat, hit frapper un animal avec un bâton
'to beat an animal with a stick'
Direction
Meaning 2 to surprise Cette remarque m'a frappé.
'This observation surprised me.'
Reference Larousse online
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Hungarian
Lexeme 1 megüt
Lexeme 2 megütközik
Meaning 1 to beat, hit megütni az arcát
'to hit in the face'
Direction
Meaning 2 to be shocked megütközve nézni
'to look with surprise'
Reference Гальди 1974: 517, 518
Comment
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme choquer
Meaning 1 to beat, hit choquer un meuble
'to hit a piece of furniture'
Direction
Meaning 2 to shock, astonish Ses fautes d'orthographe me choquent.
'His spelling errors shock me.'
Reference Larousse online
Comment
NEW Realization 7
Type Semantic evolution
Language 1 Old East Slavic
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 поразити
Lexeme 2 поразить
Meaning 1 to beat, hit
Direction
Meaning 2 to astonish
Reference Sreznevskij: III: 1206
Comment The verb поразить 'to hit and (often) wound' is obsolete and literary in modern Russian.
NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Moksha
Lexeme эрьхтемс
Meaning 1 to strike, hit Кие-бди эрьхтезе Гардей атянь касомти кати-мезьса стакаса... ( П. Левчаев, Кярьмаз)
'Someone hit old Gordey on the head with something heavy'
Direction
Meaning 2 to astonish Ня валхне Анань эрьхтезь пря ланга ( И. Девин, Нардише)
'These words struck Anya'
Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1998
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