light (of weight)
—
quick
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | ḳällal | |
| Meaning 1 | 'light (in weight)' | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'agile (person)' | əgrä ḳällal; 'light-footed, nimble'; |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (K 677). (cf. Hbr. ḳal 'quick' (HALAT 1029) - ḳll (hif) 'to make light' (HALAT 1032): Jn 1:5 wa-yyāṭilū ʔet-ha-kkēlīm ʔăšer bā-ʔăniyyā ʔel-ha-yyām lə-hāḳēl mēʕălēhem 'and they threw the things that were in the shiff, into the water in order to make it lighter from them') | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḫaffa | |
| 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 | ||
| Comment | (Lane 769) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | йэнъиль | |
| Meaning 1 | light (weight) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | quick, nimble | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Osetin | |
| Lexeme | ræw | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | quick, nimble | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЭСИЯ 3, 65 | |