to drag → to charm, to delight 11 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme جَذَبَ ğad̲aba
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 4
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 5
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme влечь (vleč')
meaning 1 to draw (obs.)
direction —
meaning 2 to be attracted a. Юношу влечет наука. 'The young man is attracted by science.' (Ozhegov, 86). b. Меня к нему влечет. 'He attracts me.'
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comment Russian borrowing from Church Slavonic. Proper development: волочь 'тащить' (pull, draw). The Rus. влечь is used mainly in meaning B. Cf. also prefixal verbs like увлечь (absorb), привлечь (attract) and adjectives увлекательный (exciting), привлекательный (charming).
ACCEPTED Realization 6
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.
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comment Cf. active/passive pair переть ~ переться.
ACCEPTED Realization 7
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 8
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.
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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 9
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme vuta
meaning 1 to pull, to draw, to drag
direction —
meaning 2 to attract
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 10
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 11
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme çek-
meaning 1 to draw, to pull
meaning 2 to attract, to captivate
reference
comment ТуРС 178.

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