to bend, bow (intr.)
→
to be disposed towards
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | |
| Comment | ||