to pull, draw, drag to charm, to delight 14 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 10794)
type Derivation
language Danish
lexeme 1 trække
lexeme 2 tiltrække
meaning 1 to drag Hun trak brevet op af frakkelommen
She dragged the letter out of her jacket’s pocket
direction
meaning 2 to cause interest or sympathy tiltrækkende mand
an attractive man
reference DDO
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 10792)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme attirer
meaning 1 to drag L'aimant attire le fer.
The magnet attracts iron.
direction
meaning 2 to charm, to delight Cette femme l'attire, cela se voit.
One can see that his woman attracts him.
reference Larousse online
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 6369)
type Derivation
language Gagauz
lexeme 1 çek-
lexeme 2 çeki
meaning 1 to pull
meaning 2 inclination, ambition йок чекиси кийада
He does not like reading
reference
comment ГРМС 535, 536.
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 8688)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme جَذَبَ jad̲aba
meaning 1 to draw, to pull
direction
meaning 2 to be attractive, to charm
reference Lane: 394 Wehr: 138
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 10793)
type Derivation
language Norwegian
lexeme 1 trekke
lexeme 2 tiltrekkende
meaning 1 to drag trekke dyna over seg
to pull the blanket over oneself
direction
meaning 2 charming, attractive en tiltrekkende pike
an attractive girl
reference BO
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ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 34378)
type Derivation
language Romanian
lexeme 1 trage
lexeme 2 se trage
meaning 1 to pull, to draw
direction
meaning 2 to feel inclined towards something
reference DEX98
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 3287)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme тяга (tjaga)
meaning 1 draught, traction
direction
meaning 2 inclination, striving (for smth.) тяга к знаниям
strive for knowledge
reference MAS: 435
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 3746)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 тащить (taščit')
lexeme 2 тащиться (taščit'sja)
meaning 1 to draggle, to draw
direction
meaning 2 to enjoy Я тащусь от этого (с этого) фильма.
I love this film.
reference <personally collected data>
comment Cf. active/passive pair переть ~ переться.
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 3747)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 переть (peret')
lexeme 2 переть (peret') (bezl.)
meaning 1 to carry p smth heavy Куда ты прешь чемодан?
Where are you carrying the suitcase?
direction
meaning 2 to enjoy меня прёт
I am loving it!
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 3748)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 увлекать (uvlekat')
lexeme 2 увлекаться (uvlekat'sja)
meaning 1 to carry, to transport a. Камень покатился с горы, увлекая за собой другие. 'A stone rolled down from the mountain, carrying with it other stones.' b. Поток увлек лодку. 'The current carried away the boat.'
direction
meaning 2 to be fond of, to be into smth Петя увлекается боксом.
Petya is fond of boxing.
reference
comment The intermediate stage of semantic change is seen in examples like "Работа увлекла его" 'The work absorbed her', "увлечь зрителя игрой" 'to sweep the audience with the performance' (Ozhegov 823).
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 3745)
type Internal cognates
language Russian
lexeme 1 волочить (voločit')
lexeme 2 влечь (vleč')
meaning 1 to draw (obs.)
direction
meaning 2 inclination for a. Юношу влечет наука (Ozhegov, 86); b. Меня к нему влечет. '.'

a.The young man is attracted by science; b. He attracts me

reference MAS: I, 185
comment Russian влечь is a borrowing from Church Slavonic. Proper development: волочь 'тащить' (pull, draw). The Rus. влечь is used only in meaning B. Cf. влечение (attraction, inclination), also prefixal verbs like увлечь (absorb), привлечь (attract) and adjectives увлекательный (exciting), привлекательный (charming).
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 2129)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme vuta
meaning 1 to pull, to draw, to drag
direction
meaning 2 to attract
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 7189)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme säḥabä
meaning 1 to draw, to pull
direction
meaning 2 to attract, to charm
reference TED: 644
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ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 7174)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme çek-
meaning 1 to draw, to pull
meaning 2 to attract, to captivate
reference
comment ТуРС 178.