green plant (biol.) 10 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme arqu
meaning 1 yellow, green

šumma martum maliat-ma mūša (w)arqu (protasis) (YOS 10, 31 x 23)


If the gall bladder is full and its liquid is green, ...

direction
meaning 2 greenery; vegetables

arqu dešûtu lalâ musarē


abundant vegetables, the delicacies of the gardens (VAB 4, 160 A vii 11)

reference CAD: A 2, 300-301
comment Presumably derived from the colour word "yellowish green" at the Protosemitic level.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 أَخْضَرُ ˀaḫḍaru
lexeme 2 خُضَارَة ḫuḍār-at-, خَضْرَآء ḫaḍrāˀu
meaning 1 green

šajar-at-un ḫaḍrāˀu


a green and fresh tree
direction
meaning 2 green herbs or leguminous plants

laysa fī l-ḫaḍrāw-āti ṣadaq-at-un;

al-ˀaḫḍar-ānu (dual.)



There is no poor-rate in the case of green meat;

(in dual.) grass and trees.

reference Lane: 755 BK: I 586 Wehr: 283
comment ḫaḍrāˀu is a fem. form from ˀaḫḍaru, and being used as a subst. as well as ḫuḍār-at-.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme 1 green
lexeme 2 green, greens
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 green vegetation, vegetables
reference
comment From a dictionary entry: 'a) plant leaves used for decorating interiors, bouquets etc.; b) green, edible green (e.g., spinach, parsley, fennel); c green vegetables (ripe)'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Derivation
language French
lexeme 1 vert
lexeme 2 verdure
meaning 1 green herbe verte
green grass
direction
meaning 2 greens, grass, leaves, vegetables, salad verdure folle
thick brushwood
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Geez
lexeme 1 ḥamalmil
lexeme 2 ḥaml
meaning 1 green, verdant ʕənḳʷ ḥamalmil (Gen. 2:12)
the green gem
direction
meaning 2 vegetation; vegetables, herbs, shrubs ḥamla gadām (4 Ezr. 12:58)
the vegetation of the field
reference CDG: 233 LLA: 70-71
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Hungarian
lexeme zöld
meaning 1 green zöld erdő
a green forest
direction
meaning 2 vegetation zöldet tesz a virágcsokorhoz; menjünk ki a zöldbe
to put green leaves into a bunch of flowers; let's go out to the green place
reference MEK 1978: 1534
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme qːaz
meaning 1 green colour
direction
meaning 2 bally crops going green къацар
(in the plural:) bally crops, young crops of wheat
reference
comment (LezgRus 175, given as homonyms)
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 nogoon
lexeme 2 nogoo(n)
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 greens
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 зеленый (zelenyj)
lexeme 2 зелень (zelen')
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 greenery Беседка была скрыта в густой зелени.
The pavilion was hidden by the thick greenery.
reference
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NEW Realization 10
type Derivation
language Tatar
lexeme 1 яшел
lexeme 2 яшелчә
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 vegetables
reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 726
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