to soil, make dirty → to disgrace, dishonor 21 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 9066)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme μιαίνω
meaning 1 to soil
direction →
meaning 2 to stain, to blemish (fig.)
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 4886)
type Polysemy
language Azerbaijani
lexeme lәkәlә-
meaning 1 to soil
direction —
meaning 2 to disgrace
reference ARRAL: 175
comment The same in the Gagauz лекеле- ГРМС 317.
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 33940)
type Polysemy
language Dagur
lexeme бажир
meaning 1 dirty, impure
direction →
meaning 2 disgraceful, dishonoured, vile, shameful
reference Тумурдэй Цыбенов Краткий дагурско-русский словарь: 20
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 11519)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme salir
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty Les enfants ont sali le parquet
The kids have made the parquet floor dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor un scandale qui salit un homme politique
a scandal that dishonors a politician
reference Larousse online
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 6183)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme batakla-
meaning 1 to soil, to make dirty with mud
meaning 2 to discredit
reference
comment ГРМС 74.
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 22968)
type Polysemy
language Ingush
lexeme бIехде
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Bekova et al. 2009
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 6294)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme sporcare
meaning 1 to soil, to make dirty, to stain
meaning 2 to dishonor, to abuse
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 4993)
type Polysemy
language Kildin Saami
lexeme мāрръе
meaning 1 to soil, to make dirty, to smear мāрръе кӣдэтѣ поайнэнѣ
to stain walls with paint
direction —
meaning 2 to disgrace, to blacken мāрръе кēнн-е нэ̄м
to foul smb's name
reference Kuruč 1985: 184
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NEW Realization 9 (ID: 43923)
type Polysemy
language Malagasy
lexeme mameta
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Korneev 1966: 552
comment
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 43573)
type Derivation
language Malagasy
lexeme 1 voréry
lexeme 2 mamoréry
meaning 1 dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Korneev 1966: 569
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 43875)
type Derivation
language Malagasy
lexeme 1 voréry
lexeme 2 mamoréry
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Korneev 1966: 569
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 2984)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme a înnegri
meaning 1 to soil, to stain, to make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, to tar, to tarnish
reference DEX98
comment DRRS 1, 1139, DEX98
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 49528)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme mânji
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to tarnish one's honor, decency
reference DEX98
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 4119)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme марать (marat')
meaning 1 to soil, to make dirty, to smear (Dahl)
direction —
meaning 2 to besmear Янукович не хочет марать свою репутацию, помогая Ющенко.
Yanukovich does not want to soil his reputation by helping Yushchenko. (from the web)
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 4579)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme пачкать (pačkat')
meaning 1 to soil пачкать руки
to soil one's hands
direction —
meaning 2 to disgrace smn, to slander пачкать чьё-либо честное имя
to bring one's name down to the dirt
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 5612)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 пятно (pjatno)
lexeme 2 пятнать (pjatnat')
meaning 1 spot
direction —
meaning 2 to smear пятнать чье-либо честное имя
to stain smb's name
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 1229)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme ka(b)c’ub
meaning 1 to soil
meaning 2 to disgrace, to dishonour, to discredit
reference
comment (TabRus 187)
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 8382)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme ruswaʁ
meaning 1 soiled русвагъ хьуб
to get dirty, stained
meaning 2 dishonoured русвагъ хьуб
to disgrace oneself
reference
comment (TabRus 262). The same in Lezgian (LezgRus 281).
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 7807)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme çamurla-
meaning 1 to make dirty with mud
direction →
meaning 2 to blur, to besmear (smn)
reference Baskakov 1977: 167
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NEW Realization 20 (ID: 30855)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kirlet-
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Baskakov 1977: 553
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NEW Realization 21 (ID: 30856)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kirlet-
meaning 1 to soil, make dirty
direction →
meaning 2 to disgrace, dishonor
reference Baskakov 1977: 553
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