dark (adj.)
→
ignorant
16 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme | xavar | |
Meaning 1 | dark | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | ||
Comment | АрмРС 290 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Azerbaijani | |
Lexeme | zülmət | |
Meaning 1 | shadow, darkness | gecənin zülmətində in the darkness of night |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorance | zülmətdə yaşamaq to live in ignorance |
Reference | Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006: 2, 980 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Dagur | |
Lexeme | бургеен | |
Meaning 1 | unclear, obscure, dim | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | stupid | |
Reference | Тумурдэй Цыбенов Краткий дагурско-русский словарь: 29 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Erzya | |
Lexeme | чопода | |
Meaning 1 | dark | оршамс чопода платия to put on a dark dress |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | чопода ломанть dark people |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЭрзРС 755 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hungarian | |
Lexeme | sötét | |
Meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | sötét szoba a dark room |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | sötét fej an ignorant person (lit. a dark head) |
Reference | MEK 1978: 1219 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ingush | |
Lexeme | баьдел | |
Meaning 1 | darkness | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | Bekova et al. 2009: 158 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | kurai (暗い) | |
Meaning 1 | dark | 暗い所 kurai tokoro a dark place |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | あの人は法律に暗い. Ano hito wa hōritsu ni kurai. His knowledge of law is very poor. |
Reference | ||
Comment | Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. T.Watanabe, E.Skrzypczak, P.Snowden eds. Tokyo: Kenkyusha. 2003 (5th edition) |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Komi | |
Lexeme | пемыдлун | |
Meaning 1 | darkness | ывла пемыдлунас синъяс эс сразу велавны it took time for the eyes to get used to the darkness of the street |
Meaning 2 | ignorance | вермасьны пемыдлункöд to fight ignorance |
Reference | ||
Comment | КомиРС 489 |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | mič’i | |
Meaning 1 | dark | мичIи йиф dark night |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LezgRus 241). The same in Tabassaran (МУЧIУ), cf. (TabRus 238). |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | àn | |
Meaning 1 | dark, gloomy, dim | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БКРС 2450. |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | hēi | |
Meaning 1 | black, dark | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant, stupid | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БКРС 15836 |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Moksha | |
Lexeme | шобда | |
Meaning 1 | dark | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | Serebrennikov et al. 1998: 871 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | büdeg | |
Meaning 1 | dim, opaque | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | stupid, ignorant person | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БАМРС. |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme 1 | bürheg | |
Lexeme 2 | bürheg haranhuy | |
Meaning 1 | dull, gloomy, murky | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | ignorance | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БАМРС. Cf. also мунхаг бүрхэг 'ignorance' |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | temnyj | |
Meaning 1 | dark | «В темной комнате горит одна свеча.» И.С.Тургенев. "In the dark room only one candle is burning" (I.S. Tourgenev) |
Meaning 2 | ignoramus, dipstick | «Внезапная мысль озарила наконец его темный умишко.» И.С.Тургенев "A sudden thought flashed in finally his dark little mind" . Turgenev |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sanskrit | |
Lexeme | tamobhūta | |
Meaning 1 | covered with darkness | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | ignorant | |
Reference | MW | |
Comment | MW 438, Кочергина 236 |