young
↔
stupid
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2573 | clever | → | old (vs. young) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| language 2 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme 1 | fatiya | |
| lexeme 2 | pty (qal-stem) | |
| meaning 1 | to be young | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be untidy, to let others deceive oneself (HALAT 925) | |
| reference | BK: II 541 Lane: 2337 | |
| comment | In Arabic there is also فَتًى fatā- 'young man' (Lane 2337). In Old Hebrew there is also petī 'young, unexperienced, simple-minded person' (HALOT 929) - this is possibly a case of syncretism. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurdish | |
| lexeme | ĵāhil | |
| meaning 1 | young | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | stupid | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Цаболов I, 492. Cf. also te Pers. джаhел 1. igorant; unexperienced 2. young. Both have been borrowed from the Arabic ğāhil- 'incompetent, ignorant' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Russian | |
| language 2 | Polabian | |
| lexeme 1 | glupyj | |
| lexeme 2 | glaipe | |
| meaning 1 | stupid, silly | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | young | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЭССЯ, VI, 152 | |