smooth (surface) → to escape, flee 5 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 malusa
lexeme 2 tamallasa
meaning 1 'to be smooth, sleek'
direction →
meaning 2 'to escape, get away' tamallasa min yadī
'he escaped from my hand'
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comment (Lane 2735)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 slip
lexeme 2 slip off
meaning 1 to slip His foot slipped and he fell onto the pavement.
direction →
meaning 2 to escape, to elude Mary couldn't bear the party, so she slipped off while no one was looking.
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 скользить (skol'zit')
lexeme 2 ускользать (uskol'zat')
meaning 1 to slide, to glide a. Конькобежец скользит по льду. 'A skater is gliding on ice.' b. Полозья скользят по снегу. 'Runners glide on the snow.' c. Нога скользит по паркету. 'The foot is gliding on the parquet.'
direction →
meaning 2 to leave, to disappear quickly, in a quick move a. Неприятель ускользнул от преследования. 'The enemy escape from pursuit.' b. Вор ускользнул в ворота. 'The thief escaped in the gates.'
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme kːut’ub(r)čːʷub
meaning 1 to slide, to slip мирклиин ликар ккутIурччвуру
the feet slip on ice
direction —
meaning 2 to run out, to tumble out партизнан немцарин бацариккан ккутIурччвну
The partisans escaped from the Germans.
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comment (TabRus 200)
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ləməṣməṣ bälä
meaning 1 'to be soft, smooth'
direction —
meaning 2 'to make excuses, evade, escape from s.th. with excuses'
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comment (KT 83)

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