to feel thirsty
→
to want
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2651 | to feel hunger | ↔ | to want | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | dipsao | |
| meaning 1 | to feel thirsty | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to long for, to desire | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | thirst | |
| meaning 1 | sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | strong desire | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ṣamʔa | |
| meaning 1 | to be thirsty | ʔəlla ṣamʔu māya ba-badw 'who wanted water in the desert' (Jes. 48:21); ʔəsma rəḫəbku wa-ʔablāʕkəmuni wa-ṣamāʔku wa-ʔastaykəmuni 'because I was hungry and you fed me, and I was thirsty and you let me drink' (Matth. 25:35) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to desire | bəḍuʕān ʔəlla yərəḫəbu wa-yəṣamməʔu la-ṣədḳ 'blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for justice' (Matth. 5:6); ṣamʔat nafsəya ḫaba ʔamlākiya ḥəyāw 'my soul longed for my living God' (Ps. 41/42:2) |
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| comment | (LLA 1271-72, LGz. 557); the meaning B is not given in the dictionaries but is clearly realized in the language. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | sitio, -ire | |
| meaning 1 | to feel thirsty | esurire e sitire 'to be hungry and thirsty' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to desire, long for | sitientes aures 'the ears which desire (to hear the news)'; sitire honores 'to long for honours' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Church Slavonic | |
| lexeme | жѧдати | |
| meaning 1 | to crave | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Cejtlin et al. 1994: 222 | |
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