light (vs. heavy)
→
quick
13 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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. |
| direction | → | |
| 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 | |
| comment | 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). |
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| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 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 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 (ID: 41985) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | sebük | |
| meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | quick | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 758 | |
| comment | ||