good
→
kind, good-hearted
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 968 | bad | ↔ | evil (adj.) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme | dobrý | |
| Meaning 1 | good | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | kind | |
| Reference | Pavlovič 1976: 75 | |
| Comment | In Serb., Mac., добар, Bulg. добър, Pol. dobry there is the same type of polysemy. In Rus. Зthe meaning 'good' is marginal (cf. добрый конь (good horse), доброе вино (good wine) etc.). But there is the noun добро (good)(vs. Зло(evil)). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | bon | |
| Meaning 1 | good | un bon film 'a good movie' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | kind | être bon pour les animaux 'to be kind to animals' |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | χρηστός | |
| Meaning 1 | usefull, good of its kind | χρηστός σῖτος 'good crops' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | good, kindly (of a men) | χρηστοί θεοί, χρηστός δεσπότης 'gracious gods, well-disposed lord' |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | LSJ 2007 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | god | |
| Meaning 1 | good | en god kniv 'a good knife' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, nice, friendly | være god mot en 'to be kind to someone' |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | добрыи | |
| Lexeme 2 | добрый | |
| Meaning 1 | good | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| Reference | Sreznevskij: 682 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | ɣaz-ẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | good | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| Reference | Kadagidze & Kadagidze 1984: 634 | |
| Comment | Bertlani (ed.) 2018, 6 | |
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | baik | |
| Meaning 1 | good | makanan baik 'good food' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | baik budi pekertinya 'He is very kind' |
| Reference | Rott et al. 1977.: 29 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | iyi | |
| Meaning 1 | good | iyi yıl ' good year ' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | Her zaman olduğun iyi kalpli adam ol. ' e the kindhearted man you always were. |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 486 | |
| Comment | Cf. also a derivative iyilik (abstract noun from iyi): doktorunun iyiliğini gördük 'we felt themselves the kindness of the doctor' Baskakov 1977: 487 |
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| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | нымэлӄин | |
| Meaning 1 | good | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| Reference | Moll 1960: 78 | |
| Comment | ||
Ср. также лезг. къени 1) добрый, простодушный - о чел. 2) исправный (механизм), 3) благоустроенный (дом), 4) домашний (культ. растения, животные). ЛРС: 186.