to fall down
→
to attack
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | waḳaʕa | |
| Meaning 1 | ’падать’ | waḳaʕa š-šayʔ-u min yad-ī a thing fell out of my hand |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | waḳaʕa bihim ‘he made much slaughter among them’ (букв. 'он упал на них') |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 3057; BK 1586; LA VIII 402 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | falde | |
| Lexeme 2 | anfalde | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | falde på gulvet to fall on the floor |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | falde | |
| Lexeme 2 | overfalde | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | falde på gulvet to fall on the floor |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | tomber | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | Un pot de fleurs tomba et se brisa. A flower pot fell down and came to pieces |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | Si Antoine lui cherchait querelle, elle tombait sur lui à bras raccourcis If Antoine spoiled for a fight, she attacked him with her fists. |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | fallen | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall | das Laub fällt the leaves are falling |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | dem Feind in den Rücken fallen to attack the enemy from the rear |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. Also a more conventional befallen. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | falle | |
| Lexeme 2 | anfalle | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | falle på baken to fall on the ground |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | Cf. also the expression "falle i ryggen" ("attack from behind") | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | falle | |
| Lexeme 2 | overfalle | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack suddenly | tyven overfalt kassereren the thief attacked the cashier |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | Cf. also falle i ryggen "to attack unexpectedly" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | padat' | |
| Lexeme 2 | napadat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall | падают листья leaves are falling |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | враги напали на страну The enemies attacked the country |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | falla | |
| Lexeme 2 | anfalla | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | stenen föll ner från taket the stone fell off the roof |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | fienden anföll i gryningen the enemy attacked at dawn |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | falla | |
| Lexeme 2 | överfalla | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | stenen föll ner från taket the stone fell off the roof |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to attack | han blev överfallen av fem skinnskallar på en bakgata he was attacked by four skinheads in a sidestreet |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | wädäḳ̌ä | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall, foll down | ʔəngera wädäḳ̌a 'Engera-bread fell from her, i.e. she dropped the engera-bread' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to fall upon (attack) | lomi läyti ʔab ʕaddəna šəftatat wadiḳ̌omuna kʷəllu gäzatat gʷärgʷäru 'last night, brigands suddenly fell upon our village and ransacked all the houses' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1787-88 | |