soul person 12 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme душа (duša)
Meaning 1 soul a. Душа и тело 'Soul and body'. b. Бессмертная душа 'Immortal soul'. Души умерших 'The souls of the dead'.
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Meaning 2 person a. На улице ни души. 'There is not a single soul out in the street.' b. Ни одна душа ничего не узнает. ' Not a single soul will know about that.' (Ushakov)
Reference
Comment (Ushakov) Cf. also Vasmer I, 558: The meaning of душа 'bondman' is a calque from the Mid. Greek ψυχή», cf. ψυχαί ἀνθρώπων "slaves", lit. "human souls", Apocalypse (see Бауэр, Wb.); see Ягич, AfslPh 1, 631 и сл.; Фасмер, ИОРЯС 11, 2, 392; Бернекер 1, 239.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme soul
Meaning 1 soul, heart that man has no soul
'это бессердечный/бездушный человек'
Meaning 2 person a. poor soul;
'— бедняга'
Reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme sjel
Meaning 1 soul en stemme i sjelens dyp
'a voice from the bottom of one's heart'
Direction
Meaning 2 person ikke en levende sjel
'not a living soul'
Reference BO
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme sjæl
Meaning 1 soul sjælens udødelighed
'immortality of the soul'
Direction
Meaning 2 person
Reference DDO
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme själ
Meaning 1 soul frisk till kropp och själ
'sound of body and mind'
Direction
Meaning 2 person inte en (levande) själ var ute så tidigt på morgonen
'there was not a living soul in the streets so early in the morning'
Reference SAO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme sál
Meaning 1 soul sál og líkami
'body and soul'
Direction
Meaning 2 person hann er einmana sál
'he is a lonely soul'
Reference ISLEX
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme âme
Meaning 1 soul
Direction
Meaning 2 person La population entière de Macao peut être évaluée à vingt mille âmes
'The whole population of Macao is estimated at 20 000 people'
Reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme ātman
Meaning 1 soul
Direction
Meaning 2 the self, the abstract person
Reference François 2008: 191
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Arabic
Lexeme nafs
Meaning 1 soul
Direction
Meaning 2 self
Reference François 2008: 191
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme lélek
Meaning 1 soul lelkéből szeretni
'to love with all one's soul'
Direction
Meaning 2 person egy árva lélek sem
'not a living soul'
Reference Гальди 1974: 456
Comment
NEW Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme duša
Meaning 1 soul
Direction
Meaning 2 person

mjesto broji 2000 duša


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place of 2000 people

'
Reference HJP
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NEW Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme душа (duša)
Meaning 1 soul

продрети у нечију душу


'

to penetrate one's soul

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Direction
Meaning 2 person

У соби је било десет душа.


'

There were ten people in the room.

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Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 335
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