shine (n.)
→
lightning
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | barāḳu | |
| lexeme 2 | birḳu | |
| meaning 1 | to flash | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD b 103, 258. Both meanings have been attested in the majority of Semitic languages and can be traced back to the Protosemitic (*brḳ 'to shine' и *bar(a)ḳ 'lightning'). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | hlyap (လျှပ်) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | light | |
| lexeme 2 | lightning | |
| meaning 1 | electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth | |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | éclairer | |
| lexeme 2 | éclair | |
| meaning 1 | to light up; to brighten | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | világ | |
| lexeme 2 | villám | |
| meaning 1 | (archaic, dialectal) illumination, light, brightness, sight | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme 1 | žibė́ti | |
| lexeme 2 | žai̇̃bas | |
| meaning 1 | to glow, shine | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | LRŽ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Russian | |
| language 2 | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | блеск | |
| lexeme 2 | blesk | |
| meaning 1 | glitter | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | lightning | |
| reference | Pavlovič 1976: 33 | |
| comment | Serb. блесак, Mac. блескот, Pol. blask have the same meaning as in Russian. | |