to shine, glitter
→
to become visible
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | lāḥa | |
| meaning 1 | to glitter, to glisten | lāḥa l-baraḳ-u the thunderbolt flashed |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to appear [Lane 2679] | lāḥa rağul-un a person was seen |
| reference | LA: II 576 Lane: 2679 | |
| comment | Cf. Modern standard Arabic: kullamā lāḥa ʔabūhā ʔasmaʕu 'each time her father shows up, I hear ...'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | scheinen | |
| lexeme 2 | erscheinen | |
| meaning 1 | to glitter, to glisten, to shine | Die Sonne schien The sun was shining |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to appear, to become | Und wo er erschien, gewann er Sympathien Wherever he appeared he gained the affection |
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