firm, durable
→
quick
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Cognates | |
language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
language 2 | Bulgarian | |
lexeme 1 | чьрствыи | |
lexeme 2 | червъст (čevrăst) | |
meaning 1 | hard | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | one who is quick, nimble in work or in movements | |
reference | RNBE Sreznevskij: 3, 1567-1568 | |
comment | |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Semantic evolution | |
language 1 | Old English | |
language 2 | English | |
lexeme 1 | fæst | |
lexeme 2 | fast | |
meaning 1 | firm, stable | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | quick, fast | |
reference | Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 986 Bosworth, Toller: 267 | |
comment | The development of “rapid” apparently happened first in the adverb and then transferred to the adjective; compare hard in expressions like “to run hard”. The original sense of “secure, firm” is now slightly archaic, but retained in the related fasten (“make secure”). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Cognates | |
language | Russian | |
lexeme | жёсткий (žëstkij) | |
meaning 1 | hard, harsh | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | (dialect) quick, nimble | |
reference | SRNG: 9, 146 | |
comment | The second meaning is dialectal (Western, Kursk ) |
SUSPENDED Realization 4 | ||
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type | Cognates | |
language 1 | Russian | |
language 2 | Czech | |
lexeme 1 | крепкий (krepkij) | |
lexeme 2 | křepký | |
meaning 1 | strong, solid | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | brisk, nimble | |
reference | SSJČ | |
comment | Cf. Also ЭССЯ 12: 135-138 |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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type | Cognates | |
language 1 | Slovenian | |
language 2 | Czech | |
lexeme 1 | dréčen | |
lexeme 2 | dričné | |
meaning 1 | corpulent, stout | |
meaning 2 | quick, nimble | |
reference | ||
comment | The Czech word is dialectal |