wet
↔
drunk
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | μεθύω | |
| meaning 1 | of things, to be drenched, steeped in any liquid | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to be drunken with wine | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | From μέθυ 'wine' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | βρε(γ)μένος | |
| meaning 1 | wet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | drunk | |
| reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993: 198 | |
| comment | Perfect participle of βρέχομαι, passive voice of βρέχω 'I wet'. |
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In Croatian mokri brat - 'drunkard' (litterally 'wet brother') [HJP], the same in Serbian: мокри брат - 'drankard, drunk person in a good mood' [Vujanitsh et al: 107].