to see/to look at
→
to act according to
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | τηρέω | |
| meaning 1 | to give heed to, watch narrowly, observe; to watch for a person or thing; | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe or keep an engagement | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | observe | |
| meaning 1 | to watch (someone or something) carefully and attentively | Rob stood in the hallway, from where he could observe the happenings on the street |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to fulfil or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation) | a tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | observer | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, obey | observer la grammaire to follow grammar rules |
| reference | NFRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | osservare | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | osservare le stelle to watch the stars |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, obey | osservare la disciplina del lavoro to observe labor discipline |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | бах- | |
| meaning 1 | to look | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe | моэдьлярни бах- to observe feasts |
| reference | Gajdarži et al. 1973: 107 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | observo, -are | |
| meaning 1 | to watch, to keep an eye on, to observe, to give attention to | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, to respect, to recognize (rules, laws, agreements etc.) | |
| reference | Glare: 1222 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old East Slavic | |
| lexeme | блюсти | |
| meaning 1 | to observe, to look at | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, to comply with | блюсти недѣлю и соубботу to observe Sundays and Saturdays |
| reference | Sreznevskij: 121 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | наблюдать (nabljudat') | |
| lexeme 2 | соблюдать (sobljudat') | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to act according to | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | observar | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, obey | observar las leyes to comply with laws |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
Also German beachten 'to note, notice' and 'to observe, to comply with'