light (vs. heavy) quick 13 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 12719)
type Polysemy
language Abaza
lexeme lasə
meaning 1 light (of weight) mət͡ʃ’ lasə
lightweight wood
direction
meaning 2 quick t͡ʃə lasə
a fast horse
reference Tugov 1967
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 3124)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ḳällal
meaning 1 light (in weight)
direction
meaning 2 agile (person) əgrä ḳällal
light-footed, nimble
reference AED: 677
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NEW Realization 3 (ID: 52138)
type Derivation
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 ḳll (hif.)
lexeme 2 ḳal
meaning 1 to lighten, to make light

wa-yyāṭilū ʔet-ha-kkēlīm ʔăšer bā-ʔăniyyā ʔel-ha-yyām lə-hāḳēl mēʕălēhem (Jn 1:5)


And they threw the things that were in the shiff, into the water in order to make it lighter from them.

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meaning 2 quick

yāmay ḳallū minnī ʔāräg wa-yyiḵlū bə-ʔäp̄äs tiqnā (Job 7:6)


My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

reference HALOT: 1029, 1032
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Other semitic cognates mean 'to be light, little; insignificant' (Akk. qalālu, Arb. qalla, etc.).

The verb ḳll in the second example is in the first (basic) stem, which means 'to be small, insignificant', rather 'to be faster than' in a prepositional use with min- (מִנ).

NEW Realization 4 (ID: 46890)
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme arin
meaning 1 light (vs. heavy)
direction
meaning 2 quick
reference Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997: 13
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 9414)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ḫaffa (خَفَّ)
meaning 1 to be light of weight ḫaffa l-mīzān-u
The balance had one of its two scales light, so that it rose.
direction
meaning 2 to be active, agile in work ḫaffa fī ʕamal-i-hi wa-ḫidmat-i-hi
He was, or became, brisk, or obedient and submissive, in his work and his service.
reference Lane: 769
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NEW Realization 6 (ID: 37739)
type Polysemy
language Digor Ossetian
lexeme ræw
meaning 1 light (of weight)
direction
meaning 2 quick, nimble
reference ESIJa: 3, 65 Abaev: 2, 387
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 11)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme سبک sabok
meaning 1 light, light-weight سبک
direction
meaning 2 dexterous, quick, سبک پا sabok pā
outrunner (lit. Light-footed)
reference Rubinčik 1970: 2, 21
comment ПРС 438.
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 2464)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme хäфиф
meaning 1 light, light-weight
direction
meaning 2 vivacious, quick, nimble
reference
comment ПРС 315. Borrowed from the Arab. ḫafīf- 'light' (cf. The Arabic example below).
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 8431)
type Polysemy
language Iron Ossetian
lexeme ræw
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 quick, nimble
reference ESIJa: 3, 65 Abaev: 2, 387
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ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 6012)
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme йэнъиль
meaning 1 light (weight)
direction
meaning 2 quick, nimble
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 189)
type Polysemy
language Lower Sorbian
lexeme lasny
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 quick, nimble
reference
comment cf. Bulg. лесен, Serb.-Cr. ласан 'light' (Proto-Slav. *lьstьnъjь < *lьstъ)
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 9766)
type Polysemy
language Old East Slavic
lexeme льгъкый
meaning 1 light (in weight)
direction
meaning 2 quick, nimble
reference
comment СлРЯ XIII-XVII вв. 8, 188-190
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 41985)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme sebük
meaning 1 light (of weight)
direction
meaning 2 quick
reference Baskakov 1977: 758
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