to make black
→
to slander
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | чернить (černit') | |
| meaning 1 | to blacken | чернить брови 'to blacken the eyebrows (with mascara)' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to blacken | чернить кого-л. перед людьми 'to blacken, vilify somebody before the people' |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme 1 | kara | |
| lexeme 2 | karacı | |
| meaning 1 | black | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | slanderer | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 512 | |
| comment | Cf. also karalamak 'to make black; to stain; to slander' | |