to bend, bow (intr.) to be disposed towards 7 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme agaddälä
meaning 1 to incline (intr.), to lean to one side, slip down (to one side)
direction
meaning 2 to incline (to something), to be partial
reference
comment (K 2038).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme māla
meaning 1 to incline, to bend to earth (intr.) wa-l-layl-u li-l-ġarb-i ḳad mālat kawākib-u-hu 'and the stars of the night bend down to earth' (Polosin 1995:558 [Antara b. Shaddad 42:6])
direction
meaning 2 to be disposed towards somebody or something, to like somebody or something māla ʔilay-hi 'he loved him' (Lane 3026)
reference
comment (BK II 1174; Lane 3026).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme incline
meaning 1 to incline the head
direction
meaning 2 to incline to an opinion
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme mayıl
meaning 1 inclined, downward, slanting майыл казык
a lopsided pole
direction
meaning 2 inclined майылым она
I fancy him, I love him
reference
comment ГРМС 323.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme neigen
meaning 1 'to bend, to bow (tr.)'; sich neigen 'to bend, to bow (intr.)' Das Schiff neigte sich zur Seite 'The ship lurched to one side'
direction
meaning 2 to be disposed towards something, to prefer something Die politisch Konservativen neigen zum Schwarz-Weiss Denken 'The political conservatives are inclined to black-and-white thinking'
reference
comment (Duden 2719).The verb A is transitive (and the intransitive meaning is expressed with a reflexive sich neigen), whereas the verb B is intransitive. Cp. Neigung 'das Geneigtsein; die Vorliebe' 'inclination, preference' (Duden 2720). Probably a calque from Latin inclino (see the English example).
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 naklonjat'sja
lexeme 2 imet' sklonnosti, naklonnosti
meaning 1 to bend
direction
meaning 2 to be inclined a. Он склонен к алкоголизму. 'He is inclined to become an alcoholic';
reference
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme imale etmek
meaning 1 to bend, bow (tr.)




direction
meaning 2 to persuade into, incline (someone) to do smth.




reference Baskakov 1977: 448
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