face
→
direction
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | wağh- | |
| meaning 1 | face | yawm-a tabyaḍḍu wuğūh-un wa-taswaddu wuğūh-un Koran 3:106/102: 'on the day when faces become white and faces become black' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | direction | ramaw wağh-an wḥid-an ‘they shot in one direction’ |
| reference | ||
| comment | BK II 1495; Lane 3050. The primary lexeme for meaning B has been derived from the same root, ğihat-. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | gaṣṣ | |
| meaning 1 | face | yəkaddənu gaṣṣomu Jes. 6:2: 'they cover their face' |
| meaning 2 | way, direction | wəsta gaṣṣa ʔafʔa to the entrance |
| reference | ||
| comment | LLA 1208; LGz. 205 | |