light, bright, clear
→
glad
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1323 | dark (adj.) | → | gloomy, depressed | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | geal | |
| meaning 1 | light, bright, clear | Eadach geal Uisce geal white cloth clear water |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glad | failte gheal is geal leis a bhfeiceann se joyous welcome he likes what he sees |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977: 617 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | akarui (明るい) | |
| meaning 1 | light, clear | ダイヤは明るく光った。 The diamond shone brightly. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glad, joyful | あの子供は明るい微笑でみんなをひきつける。 That child captivates everyone with his sunny smile. |
| reference | ||
| comment | EDICT | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | ekü | |
| meaning 1 | light, clear | экуь ранг light colour |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glad, joyful | экуь уьмуьр joyful life |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 391). Cf. ам са экв такуна кьена 'He died without feeling the joy of life' (= without seeing light). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Moksha | |
| lexeme | валда | |
| meaning 1 | light, clear | валда ши a clear day |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | glad, joyful | валда сельмот cheerful eyes |
| reference | ||
| comment | МокшРС 83-84 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | svetlyj | |
| meaning 1 | light, birght, clear | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glad, joyful, pleasant | светлое воспоминание good memory |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||