short (size)
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brief
25 realizations
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| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | kurû | |
| meaning 1 | short (in size) | šumma lišānšu kurat (protasis) if his tongue is short, ... |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | short (in time) | 50 U4.MEŠ GUD8.DA.MEŠ (=ūmū kurû) Fifty years mean short life (lit. fifty short days) |
| reference | CAD: K 569 | |
| comment | |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | kratak | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | kaput mi je kratak my coat is short |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | kratak život short life |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | kort | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | kort hår short hair |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | kort pause a short pause |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | brief | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) |
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| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | brief |
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| reference | OED | |
| comment | The original meaning is 'short in time, brief' (since 1400), and short in size is a rare later meaning. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | court | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | une jupe courte a short skirt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | En hiver, les jours sont plus courts qu'en été In winter days are shorter than in summer |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ḫaṣir | |
| meaning 1 | short (of length) | ḫaṣirāt ʔaṣābʕihu his fingers are short |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | short (of time) | ba-zəntu zaman ḫaṣir in this short time |
| reference | LLA: 623 | |
| comment | The same polisemy in Amh. ač̣č̣ər (K 1335, Leslau 1973:1162), Tna. ḥaṣṣir (KT 302) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | kurz | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | ein kurzer Rock a short skirt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | eine kurze Pause short pause |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | rövid | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | rövid haj, rövid nadrág, rövid láb, rövid ujj short hair, short pants, short legs, short fingers |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | Az élet rövid béke s hosszu harc. (Petőfi Sándor) Life is short peace and long struggle. (Sándor Petőfi) |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | икәмљаӽ | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | |
| reference | PIRS: 63 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Javanese | |
| lexeme | cekak | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | brief | |
| reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| lexeme | bogoni | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief, short time | bogoni üder short day |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 56 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | brevis | |
| meaning 1 | short | breve iter short way |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | brief, short | Vita nostra brevis est Our life is short |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | ахар (axar) | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | ахар дээс short rope |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | ахар богино хугацаанд as soon as possible |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | богино (bogino) | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | ахар (axar) | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | ахар дээс short rope |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | ахар богино хугацаанд as soon as possible |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | kort | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | buksa er for kort the trousers are too short |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | om kort tid in a short time |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Rengao | |
| lexeme 1 | ʹyăʹ | |
| lexeme 2 | păʹ ʹyăʹ | |
| meaning 1 | a little | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | in a short time | |
| reference | Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 171 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | scurt | |
| meaning 1 | short | o fustă scurtă short skirt |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | brief, short | iarna scurtă short winter |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | DEX98 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | короткий (korotkij) | |
| meaning 1 | short | Короткие волосы Short hair |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | short, brief | a. В самое короткое время b. На короткий срок c. После короткого молчания а. In the shortest time b. For a short term c. After a short silence |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | (Ushakov) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | кратак (kratak) | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | Ови су ми рукави много кратки. These sleeves are too short for me. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | кратак зимски дан, кратко куцање short winter day, short knock |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 584 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | kort | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | kort hår short hair |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brief | ett kort samtal a brief conversation |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||