The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment

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)

NEW Realization 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
type		Polysemy
language		Iron Ossetian
lexeme		ræw
meaning 1	light
direction	→
meaning 2	quick, nimble
reference		ESIJa: 3, 65 Abaev: 2, 387
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type		Polysemy
language		Karaim
lexeme		йэнъиль
meaning 1	light (weight)
direction	—
meaning 2	quick, nimble
reference
comment

ACCEPTED Realization 9
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 10
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