granule
→
small quantity of something
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | grain | |
| meaning 1 | corn, grain; grain, a grain of sand | The grains of sand run through the hourglass. В песочных часах сыпятся песчинки. |
| meaning 2 | small particle | There isn't a grain of truth in his assertion. В его утверждении нет ни крупицы правды. |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | zerre | |
| meaning 1 | grain, particle | къумадин зерреяр grains of sand (lit. Sand particles) |
| meaning 2 | a little bit | зерре кьванни акьул авач She does not have even a grain of intelligence. |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 129) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | крупа (krupa) | |
| lexeme 2 | крупица (krupica) | |
| meaning 1 | grain, cereal | Манная крупа. Перловая крупа. Ячневая крупа. Гречневая крупа. Semolina. Pearl barley. Peeled barley. Buckwheat. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | smallest particle, minimal | Ни крупицы таланта, истины. not even a grain of talent, turth |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Ushakov) | |