Number of realizations
3
to pull, to draw
→
to compete (with smn.)
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | tjagat' | |
Meaning 1 | to pull, to tug, to draw | a. Тягать лен 'to pull out flax'. |
Meaning 2 | to compete | Трудно нам тягаться с Годуновым. (Пушкин) 'It is hard for us to compete with Godunov.' (Pushkin) |
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Comment | ###+ не знаю, сюда же ли значение "тяжба" («За луга поемные наследники с крестьянами тягаются доднесь.» Некрасов.) |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Aghul | |
Lexeme | duʔas | |
Meaning 1 | to pull | |
Meaning 2 | to pull | wun giqaj maduʔa "Do not put back dealing with him!" |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Arabic | |
Lexeme | ğad̲aba | |
Meaning 1 | to draw, to pull | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to prevail againts smn (in tugging smth etc) | ğad̲abahu "He gained the upper hand over him in pulling (smth); he got the upper hand over him" |
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Comment | Lane 394-95. Meaning B shows in a number of derived verbs (as a rule, with the reciprocal meaning): ğād̲abahu 'he competed with him in tug-of-war' vs. ğād̲abtuhu š-šayʔ-a 'I fought with him for smth'; tağād̲abū t̲-t̲awb-a 'they fought, tugging a piece of cloth, a dress' vs. tağād̲abū ʔaṭrāf-a l-kalām-i 'they argued (lit. They were pulling the ends of the conversation)' |