tail
→
to follow, go after smb.
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | ḏanab- | |
| lexeme 2 | ḏanaba | |
| meaning 1 | ‘tail’ | ḏanab-u baʕīr-i 'camel’s tail’ |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'to follow someone not quitting his track' | wa-ǧāʔat-i l-ḫayl-u ǧamīʕ-an taḏnubu-h ‘and the horses came all together following him’ |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 979-980 | |