to catch up
→
to understand
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʔadraka | |
| Meaning 1 | to reach, to catch up, to overtake | mašaytu ḥattā´ ʔadraktuhu I walked until I caught up with him |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to grasp, to comprehend | |
| Reference | Lane: 873 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kubachi | |
| Lexeme | гьегъебидигъи(й) | |
| Meaning 1 | to reach | талавзивли гьегъивидигъулада can't catch up ahead person |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | мурадли гьегъивидигъи to understand the plan |
| Reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 159 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | постичи | |
| Lexeme 2 | постичь (postič') | |
| Meaning 1 | to catch up with | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Sreznevskij: 1264 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | догонять (dogonjat') | |
| Meaning 1 | to catch up | Петя догнал Васю Petya caught up with Vasya |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand (colloq.) | он не догоняет He does not understand |
| Reference | Mokienko, Nikitina 2000 | |
| Comment | ||