sheep
→
snipe (Gallinago)
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | lamb | |
| meaning 1 | young sheep | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) common snipe | |
| reference | Desfayes 1998 | |
| comment | moorlamb, summer-lamb |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | berbec | |
| lexeme 2 | berbecuț | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Moldova, Bucovina) snipe | |
| reference | MDA2 Seche 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | oaie | |
| lexeme 2 | oaia-morților | |
| meaning 1 | sheep (general) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | snipe (Gallinago) | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | Lit. 'sheep of the dead' (morților is from definite genitive/dative plural from mort 'dead') |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | баран (baran) | |
| lexeme 2 | барашек (barašek) | |
| meaning 1 | ram | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (hunting) snipe | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | лесной барашек, дикий барашек, баранчик 'snipe' (ЭСБЕ т. III (1891): Банки — Бергер, С. 41) |
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the name comes from its bleating sound