fun, gaiety
—
wedding
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme | вяселле (vjasjéllje) | |
| Meaning 1 | fun | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | |
| Reference | GSBM: 3, 142 | |
| Comment | ESBM 2, 324 Old spelling веселье, весэле, вэсэлье. In modern language вяселле only 'wedding' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | faraḥ- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'Joy, mirth, or gladness; or happiness' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | A festivity, or merry-making; particularly on the ocasion of a marriage | |
| Reference | Lane: 2361 | |
| Comment | Also in Modern Written Arabic (Wehr 822). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | شادی šādi | |
| Meaning 1 | happiness, cheer | با شادی bā šādi with joy |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 84 | |
| Comment | ПРС 491. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old East Slavic | |
| Lexeme | веселье | |
| Meaning 1 | fun, gaiety | Кому Бѣлое озеро, а мнѣ чернѣе смолы; кому веселие, а мнѣ плач горкии To somebody White Lake, and to me blacker than tar; who have fun, but I have crying bitter (The Prayer of Daniil Zatochnik) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | Послы московские дары королевскому величеству и королеве подносили имяновали на веселие... в законномъ браку здравствовали (Куранты, XVII) Moscow ambassadors presented gifts to royal majesty and queen for a wedding, congratulated on legal marriage (The Kuranty, XVII c.) |
| Reference | SRJa XI-XVII: 2, 112 | |
| Comment | Also брачное веселье 'wedding' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | wesele | |
| Meaning 1 | fun, gaiety | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | złote wesele golden wedding anniversary |
| Reference | Gessen, Stypula 1980: 2, 536 | |
| Comment | First meaning is now obsolete. Before XVI с. 'fun, gaiety', in XVI appears meaning 'feast' and from XVIII 'wedding feast' (Brückner 1927, 607) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | веселье (vesel'e) | |
| Meaning 1 | fun, gaiety | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | |
| Reference | SRNG: 4, 181 | |
| Comment | Second meaning widespread in dialects (Southern, Samara, Smolensk, Vologda, Middle Ural, Arkhangelsk), in Arkhangelsk and Sverdlovsk regions also '(evening) party' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme | весiлля (vesíllja) | |
| Meaning 1 | fun, gaiety | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wedding | |
| Reference | ESUM: 1, 142 | |
| Comment | Second meaning appears no later than the second half of the 15th century. In Modern language only second meaning. Compare adjective веселий'merry, funny, cheerful' | |