dark (adj.)
→
ignorant
17 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | xavar | |
| meaning 1 | dark | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | ||
| comment | АрмРС 290 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ingush | |
| lexeme | баьдел | |
| meaning 1 | darkness | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | Bekova et al. 2009: 158 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | àn | |
| meaning 1 | dark, gloomy, dim | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БКРС 2450. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | hēi | |
| meaning 1 | black, dark | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant, stupid | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БКРС 15836 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Moksha | |
| lexeme | шобда | |
| meaning 1 | dark | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | Serebrennikov et al. 1998: 871 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | büdeg | |
| meaning 1 | dim, opaque | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stupid, ignorant person | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БАМРС. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' | |
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | балай | |
| meaning 1 | dull, dark | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | tamobhūta | |
| meaning 1 | covered with darkness | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ignorant | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW 438, Кочергина 236 | |