nature
→
human temper, character
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | priroda | |
| meaning 1 | nature | pitoma priroda tamed nature |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | human temper, character, nature | osjetljiva priroda sensitive nature |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | nature | |
| meaning 1 | nature, universe | The most amazing things about nature is its infinite variety. Наиболее поразительное в природе - ее бесконечное разнообразие. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | character, temper, nature | placid nature; impetuous nature — спокойный, тихий характер |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | t’ebiat | |
| meaning 1 | nature | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | character, nature | хуш тIебиат авай инсан cheerful, kind person (=having a cheerful character) |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 324). An Arabism, and in Arabic both meanings are there. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| lexeme | طَبِيعَة ṭabīʕat- | |
| meaning 1 | nature | طَبِيعَة صامتة still life |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | natural disposition, constitution peculiarity, individuality, character | الطبائع الاربع (الحرارة والبرودة والرطوبة واليبوسة) (ист.) четыре свойства, определяющие характер человека: теплота, холод, влажность, сухость. |
| reference | Wehr: 645 Baranov Lane: 1824 | |
| comment | The original meaning is 'character, disposition, temperament' (see Lane 1824). Perhaps, a calque from a European language. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | натура | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) nature | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | human temper, character | |
| reference | BTS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | природа (priroda) | |
| meaning 1 | nature | Човек је био роб природе. Man was a slave of nature. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | human temper, character, nature | осећајна природа sensitive nature |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1048 | |
| comment | ||