mute, dumb
→
<foreigner>
4 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 5104) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | ʔaʕjam- | |
| lexeme 2 | ʔaʕjam-, ʕajam- | |
| meaning 1 | dumb | al-ḥayawān-u l-ʔaʕjam-u a dumb animal |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | not an arab | al-ʔumam-u l-ʔaʕjamiyy-at-u not arab people |
| reference | BK: II 184 | |
| comment | The Kurdish áĵam 'Persian' is from Arabic. The same polysemy in Modern Written Arabic. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 6849) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʔabham- | |
| meaning 1 | unable to speak or incapable of speaking | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | foreigner, barbarian | |
| reference | BK: I 174 | |
| comment | ||