granule
→
small quantity of something
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
6636 | drop (n.) | → | small quantity of something | Open |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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) |