to take prisoner
→
to charm, to delight
10 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52468) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | zarobiti | |
| meaning 1 | to take prisoner | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to charm, to delight | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 (ID: 52469) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | fog | |
| lexeme 2 | megfog | |
| meaning 1 | to catch, to take prisoner | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to charm, to delight | 1. A felséges látvány megfogta. 2. Sikerült a lánynak megfognia a kiszemelt fiatalembert. 1. The magnificent sight captivated him/her. 2. The girl managed to snag the young man she had her eye on. |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 1892) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | a cuceri | |
| meaning 1 | to conquer, to capture, to take hold | a cuceri cetatea to occupy a fortress |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to cause sympathy | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | cf. the adjective cuceritor 'charming': zâmbet cuceritor 'charming smile'. From Latin *conquaerĕre < conquirĕre | |
| NEW Realization 10 (ID: 52467) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | заробити (zarobiti) | |
| meaning 1 | to take prisoner | заробити војнике to capture soldiers |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to charm, to delight | Заробио их је својом филозофијом. He captivated them with his philosophy. |
| reference | РСЈ: 413 | |
| comment | ||
Более характерный сдвиг данного значения имеется в причастиях и отглагольных прилагательных. Ср. англ. captivating 'очаровательный', рус. захватывающий, пленительный, увлекательный, восхитительный