quick
→
very, of high degree
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle Russian | |
| lexeme | борзо | |
| meaning 1 | quick | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very | Рыцарь борзо плакалъ и жена его, гды услышали о смерти королевской (1688 г.) The knight and his wife cried a lot when they heard about the king's death. |
| reference | SRJa XI-XVII: 1, 292 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| language 2 | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | бързо, борзо, бръзо | |
| lexeme 2 | bardzo | |
| meaning 1 | soon | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | very | Paweł był bardzo chory. Moi koledzy już bardzo dobrze mówią po francusku. Pavel was very ill. My colleagues speak French very well already. |
| reference | : I, 198 | |
| comment | Cf. also Rus. (updated) борзый 'quick', Bulg. бързо, Serb. брзо, Croat. brzo 'quickly' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Microevolution | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | шибко | |
| meaning 1 | quickly | Шибко ехать не скоро доехать (Даль. Пословицы русского народа) If you drive fast, you won't get there soon |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very, too much | Родители Айрин из-за рубежа сколько-то подбрасывают, будучи сами не шибко богаты. Irene's parents give her from abroad some money, being not very rich themselves. |
| reference | MAS NRC | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | jī | |
| meaning 1 | fast, like a shot | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | very | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Morev 1964, 199 | |