to dissolve in liquid (tr.)
→
to solve (a problem)
7 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | lucel | |
| Meaning 1 | to dissolve | šak(h)arə lucel ǰrum to dissolve sugar in water |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to decide | xndirə lucel to solve a problem |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | АрмРС 280 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azerbaijani | |
| Lexeme | hәll | |
| Meaning 1 | disspation | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | solution | |
| Reference | ARRAL: 116 | |
| Comment | Borrowed from Arabic in both meanings. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḥalla | |
| Meaning 1 | to dissolve, melt, liquefie | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to solve a problem, a riddle | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 619. The verb means also 'to untie, undo', and this meaning is given in the dictionary as primary. The verb is borrowed into Kurdish and Azeri. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | solve | |
| Meaning 1 | to dissolve | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to solve (problem) | to solve an algebra equation |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | lösen | |
| Meaning 1 | to dissolve | in Wasser gelöste Mineralien minerals dissolved in water |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to decide | ein Rätzel lösen the problem could not be solved |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Duden 2458 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kurdish | |
| Lexeme | halīn- | |
| Meaning 1 | to melt, to dissolve | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be solved (problem) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The Kurdish word from the Arabic hall 'dissipation, solution (substance), solution (of a problem)' | |
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Somali | |
| Lexeme | xal(-ka) | |
| Meaning 1 | dissolution | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | solution (to the problem) | |
| Reference | Alejnikov 2012: 345 | |
| Comment | ||