to become red to be ashamed 7 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51937)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme crvenjeti se
meaning 1 to become red
direction
meaning 2 to be ashamed
reference HJP
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NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51938)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme pirul
meaning 1 to become red

Menj már, pirúl keletnek szép ege. (Vörösmarty Mihály) 


Come now, the lovely sky is blushing in the east. (Mihály Vörösmarty)

direction
meaning 2 to feel embarrassed, to feel ashamed

1. Azért nem kell pirulnia az embernek, ha jót tett. 

2. Pirult szerénységében, amikor dicsérték. 


1. One need not blush for having done a good deed.

2. He blushed out of modesty when he was praised.

reference MEK 1978
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NEW Realization 3 (ID: 51848)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme erubesco, erubescere
meaning 1 to become red
direction
meaning 2 to be ashamed
reference Lewis, Short
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 50849)
type Polysemy
language Old Irish
lexeme imderg
meaning 1 to make somebody red
direction
meaning 2 to disgrace
reference eDIL
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NEW Realization 5 (ID: 51847)
type Derivation
language Old Irish
lexeme 1 ruad
lexeme 2 ruaidid
meaning 1 to become red
direction
meaning 2 to be ashamed
reference eDIL
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 48277)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme краснеть
meaning 1 to become red (of face)

деревья покраснели


the folliage turned red.

direction
meaning 2 to be ashamed

Веди себя так, чтобы мне не пришлось за тебя краснеть



reference The Russian National Corpus
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NEW Realization 7 (ID: 51936)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme црвенети (crveneti)
meaning 1 to become red

Paprikaš se kao krv crveneo od segedinske paprike.


The chicken paprikash turned red like blood from the Szeged paprika.

direction
meaning 2 to be ashamed

црвенети због сина, црвенети због безобразлука


to be ashamed for the son, to blush out of embarrassment at the insolence

reference РСЈ: 1495 PDRS (Serbian Web)
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