Number of realizations
5
to shine, glitter
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to see/to look at
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme | lamaḥa | |
| Meaning 1 | to glitter [Lane 2672] | 1) lamaha l-baraḳ-u; "1) 'a lightning flashed';" |
| Meaning 2 | to look [Lane 2672] | wa-ʔalmahu min baʕid-in sadḳ- "and I look at my friend from the distance" |
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| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Geez | |
| Language 2 | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme 1 | barha | |
| Lexeme 2 | barû | |
| Meaning 1 | to glitter, to glisten | |
| Meaning 2 | to look (CAD B 115, AHw. 109) | |
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| Comment | *brh - is a common Semitic root with meaning A. | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a vedea | |
| Meaning 1 | to shine | Lampa nu vede bine "the lamp is shining (lit. seeing) badly" |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | to look | |
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| Comment | The original meaning is presumably 'to see' | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | βλέπω | |
| Meaning 1 | to give light (dialect) (Младенова 2002 76) | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | to look (Младенова 2002 76) | |
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| Comment | The source meaning is presumably that of 'to see' | |
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| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Lithuanian | |
| Language 2 | Old Slavonic | |
| Lexeme 1 | žėrėti | |
| Lexeme 2 | зьрѣти | |
| Meaning 1 | to shine [Фасмер 2, 105-106] | |
| Meaning 2 | to look [СС, p. 242] | |
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