to sleep to come to end, cease 3 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52136)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to sleep
meaning 1 to rest in a state of sleep

The sentinel slept at his post.

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meaning 2 to come to end, cease

1. The emotions sleep.

2. The feuds and animosities are sleeping.

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NEW Realization 2 (ID: 52137)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme nāma (نَامَ)
meaning 1 to sleep, to go to sleep, to fall asleep

bakā ṭ-ṭifl-u ḥattā nāma   


The baby wept to sleep. (lit. until he fall asleep)

direction
meaning 2 to quiet down, to cease (wind, sea, fire, voice); to let up, to calm down
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 735)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme däḳḳäsä
meaning 1 to sleep, slumber, to retire (for the night) nəʔaboy kəṣəwwəʕo ʔayəḵəʔələn däḳisu ʔallommo
I can’t call my father because he is asleep.
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meaning 2 to come to an end, to be over (matter, affair), to be settled, resolved (argument, quarrel) bəsəməmməʕ kələttä täṣabaʔti zədəḳḳəs gəс̣̌с̣̌ət
A dispute which is settled through the agreement of the two enemies.
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