sharp
→
clever
14 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 865 | blunt | → | stupid | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | сỳшá | |
| Meaning 1 | to be sharp (e.g. knife) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be wise, smart | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 164 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme | ḳ’äḳ’ä | |
| Meaning 1 | be sharp (edge) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | be clever | |
| Reference | EDG I: 97 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | حَدِيد ḥadīd- | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp, edged or sharpened | nāb-un ḥadīd-un a sharp canine tooth |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | intelligent, eloquent | rağul-un ḥadīd-un A man who is sharp (or effective) in respect of eloquence, and of intellect or understanding |
| Reference | Lane: 526 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | حَادِق ḥād̲iḳ- | |
| Meaning 1 | cutting, or sharp (applied to a knife) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | skilled, or skilful, and thoroughly learned | fulān-un fī ṣanʕat-i-hi ḥād̲iḳ-un bād̲iḳ-un Such one is skilled, or skilful, in his art, or habitual work or occupation |
| Reference | Lane: 536 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | oštar | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | oštar nož sharp knife |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever | oštar um sharp mind |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | skarp | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | skarp kniv a sharp knife |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever, intelligent | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | sharp | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp, sharp pointed, sharpened | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | smart | She was sharp, you couldn't lie to her. Она был проницательна, от нее нельзя утаить правду |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (OED). Cf. as a noun 'expert': You know I am no picture sharp. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | سرتیز sartiz | |
| Meaning 1 | pointed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wise, knowledgeable (lit. sharp headed ) | |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 2, 32 | |
| Comment | ПРС 451. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jewish Aramaic | |
| Lexeme | ḥarīp | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | šbʕyn mglyn ḥrypʔtʔ seventy sharp sickles |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever | ḳʔ ḥzynʔ dḥrypt ṭwbʔ I see that you are very clever |
| Reference | DJBA: 482-483 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | skarp | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | en skarp kniv a sharp knife |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever, intelligent | være skarp to be clever |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | острый | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | острый нож |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever | <...> тупеет разум, Таня; /А то, бывало, я востра, /Бывало, слово барской воли...» /— Ах, няня, няня! до того ли? /Что нужды мне в твоем уме? (ЕО: 3, XXXV) |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Значение 2 в современном языке сохранилось только в сочетании острый ум |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | оштар (oštar) | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | оштро стакло sharp (pieces of) glass |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever | оштар ум, оштро запажање. sharp mind, sharp observation |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 905 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | skarp | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp | en skarp kniv a sharp knife |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever | ett skarpt intellekt; en skarp analys sharp intelligence; a clever analysis |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | bälliḥ | |
| Meaning 1 | sharp, pointed, whetted (blade, tool) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | clever, shrewd, astute, smart, intelligent, brilliant, incisive or penetrating (of mind) | |
| Reference | TED: 1088-1089 | |
| Comment | ||
Ср. литов. aštrùs prõtas острый ум; aštrùs pei˜lis острый нож LRŽ 67
А также рус. острый ум