war → quarrel 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἔρις
meaning 1 fight, battle
meaning 2 quarrel, argument,
reference
comment LSJ 689
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme δηριάω
meaning 1 to fight
meaning 2 to argue, to bicker
reference
comment Only in Medial Voice
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme πολεμέω
meaning 1 to be in war
meaning 2 to argue, to quarrel
reference
comment LSJ 1432
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme μάρναμαι
meaning 1 to fight
meaning 2 to argue, to quarrel
reference
comment LSJ 1081
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme μάχομαι
meaning 1 to be at war, to fight
meaning 2 to argue, to quarrel
reference
comment LSJ 1085-1086
NEW Realization 6
type Borrowing
language 1 Ancient Greek
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 πολεμικά
lexeme 2 полемика
meaning 1 military art
direction →
meaning 2 polemics, dispute
reference Dvoreckij 1958
comment Gr. πολεμικά - plural form of the adjective
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Avestan
lexeme rəˉna-
meaning 1 argument
meaning 2 battle
reference
comment ЭСИЯ 2, 195
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme rimma
meaning 1 battle, fight
meaning 2 argument
reference
comment Берков. "Argument" is cited in the dictionary as the first meaning.
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 брань (bran')
lexeme 2 браниться
meaning 1 fight
direction →
meaning 2 to quarell

Милые бранятся только тешатся
reference Sreznevskij: I: 166
comment

to be more precise, they are homonyms that emerged after the polysemy dissociation.

Я заменила рус. брань на браниться (АЗ)
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme vita
meaning 1 war vita [vi]kuu [v]ya pili [v]ya dunia
The Second World war
meaning 2 argument, dispute
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme shindana
meaning 1 to fight
direction —
meaning 2 to argue, to quarrel
reference
comment Also in the meaning of 'compete(sport.)'
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme däwi
meaning 1 war дявдин йисар
the war years
meaning 2 quarrel узухъди фу дяви вуяв?
Why are you scolding with me?
reference
comment (TabRus 154). The same polysemy exists in a number of Daghestanian languages with the same word.
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme месилдеш-
meaning 1 to fight
direction —
meaning 2 to have a vehement argument (dispute)
reference
comment ###В словаре "спорить" дается первым значением, а "сражаться" вторым, но я не знаю, верно ли это исторически.

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