brilliant, glaring
→
moon
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| language 2 | Jibbali | |
| lexeme 1 | ʔōr | |
| lexeme 2 | ʔɛrə́t | |
| meaning 1 | brightness, daylight; light; dawn | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | moon | |
| reference | HALOT: 24f. | |
| comment | Cf. also Old Hebrew ʔwr (qal-stem) 'become light, to be light' (ibid.). The same meanings are present in the cognates of other modern South Arabic languages. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | هَلَّ halla | |
| lexeme 2 | هِلاَل hilāl- | |
| meaning 1 | to become apparent clear; to ries, to come out (about the Sun and the Moon) | !هلّ هلالُك (halla hilāluka) (wish) 'good luck to you on the occasion of the New Moon!' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | moon | al-hilāl-u al- |
| reference | BK: II 1434-1435 | |
| comment | Cf. also ʔihtalla 'to shine' (ibid.) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | أَزْهَرُ ʔazharu | |
| meaning 1 | shining, glittering | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | moon | |
| reference | BK: I 1020 | |
| comment | ||
Cf. also Ancient Hebrew lābān 'white' > ləbōnā 'moon' (HALOT 517), the term is used in poetic texts.