to strike, hit
→
to defeat, win
17 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2530 | to break (tr.) | → | to defeat, win | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | maḫāṣu | |
| Meaning 1 | 'to hit, to strike' | ina maḫāṣim ša libbīša uštaddiši he has made her lose her child by beating (her) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'to give a battle, to defeat an enemy' | Sin nakra imaḫḫaṣ Sin will win over the enemy |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD m 1, 77 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | mätta | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to hit | wəššawən bädulla yəmättal näbbär he was beating the dog with a stick |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to beat (overcome in a game) | dəl mätta (K 1706) to defeat |
| Reference | AED: 241, 1706 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | πλήσσω | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to hit | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to defeat | οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐν τοῖς Βοιωτοῖς πεπληγμένοι Athenians defeated in Boeotia (Thucydides) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | slå | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, hit | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | beat | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat | |
| Meaning 2 | to win, to defeat | The team was beaten for the second time. Команда вторично потерпела поражение. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | düü- | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to batter, to thrash | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | душманы дÿÿмää to defeat the enemy |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 169. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hittite | |
| Lexeme | kwen-, kun- | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Buck 552 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | йанч- | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to break, to hit, to hit | |
| Meaning 2 | to win, to destroy | йанчасыз мэни сöзлер биле! You will destroy me with words! |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КРПС 227. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | slå | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, hit | slå hesten med svepe to hit a horse with a whip |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | slå en i samløp to beat someone in a running competition |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | slå | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, hit | slå hesten med svepe to hit a horse with a whip |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | slå en i samløp to beat someone in a running competition |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | поразити | |
| Lexeme 2 | поражение | |
| Meaning 1 | to strike, hit | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to defeat, win | нанести поражение to defeat, win |
| Reference | Sreznevskij: III: 1206 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a bate | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to hit | a bate în cap to hit on the head |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win, to defeat | a bate la fotbal to win in a football game |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | DEX98, DRRS 1, 204 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | bit' | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat | a. Не бей ребенка 'Do not beat the child'. b. Бить больно 'to beat painfully'. c. Бить кого-нибудь по голове 'to beat someone on the head'. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to win, to defeat | Наша футбольная команда всегда бьет вашу. 'Our football team always beats yours.' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Ushakov) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | khid | |
| Meaning 1 | to strike | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to press , press down | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Comment | MW340, Кочергина 186 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | nyuka | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to hit | |
| Meaning 2 | to win, to defeat | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | labua | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, to thrash | |
| Meaning 2 | to win (sport) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | slå | |
| Meaning 1 | to beat, hit | hon slog honom i ansiktet she hit him in the face |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to win | Sverige slog Ryssland med 3–1 Sweden beat Russia 3-1 |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||