young
↔
stupid
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
2573 | clever | → | old (vs. young) | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
Language 2 | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme 1 | fatiya | |
Lexeme 2 | pty (qal) | |
Meaning 1 | to be young | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to be untidy, to let others deceive oneself (HALAT 925) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | In Arabic there is also fatā´ 'young man' (BK II 541). In Old Hebrew there is also petī 'young, unexperienced, simple-minded person' (HALAT 929) - this is possibly a case of syncretism. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |