light, bright, clear
→
morning
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Jewish Aramaic | |
| Lexeme 1 | أَصْفَر ʔaṣfar- | |
| Lexeme 2 | ṣəpar, ṣiprā | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow; pale | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | morning | |
| Reference | BK: I 1347 Jastrow: 1298 | |
| Comment | It seems plausible that the shift has been intermediately realised via the meaning "clear". |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | أَصْبَحَ ʔiṣbaḥa | |
| Lexeme 2 | صُبْح ṣubḥ-, ṣibḥ- | |
| Meaning 1 | to become clear | أَصْبَحَ الحقّ the truth has been revealed |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | morning | |
| Reference | BK: I 1304 | |
| Comment | The root ṣbḥ relates to the circle of meanings "morning", “to go up in the morning” etc. |
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