to move quickly
→
to be busy, active
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | saʕāˊ | |
| lexeme 2 | saʕāˊ | |
| meaning 1 | to walk, go quickly | as-saʕu bayna aṣ-ṣafā wa-l-marwat-i the tripping to and fro between As-Safa and Al-Marwa (two hills made part of the mosque Masjid al-Haram) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be active, busy and bustling | huwa yasʕāˊ ʕalāˊ ḳawm-i-hi; ʔal-marʔ-u yasʕāˊ li-ġāray-hi; saʕāˊ l-mukātib-u fī ʕitḳ-i raḳabat-i-hi He manages the affairs of his people; The man earns for his belly; The slave (who has contracted with his master) laboured to earn the means of releasing himself. |
| reference | Lane: 1366 | |
| comment | Note, concerning the first textual example: Muslims travel back and forth between two hills seven times in what is known as saʿī (سَعِي) lit. 'seeking/searching or walking', which signifies the going along with vigorousness, and with lightness, activity, or quickness. | |