to rest
→
to die
4 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | amarli- | |
| Meaning 1 | to calm down, to rest, to find peace | амжилтандаа амарлих 'to rest on one'e laurels (lit. to relax after your successes)' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to die | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БАМРС | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ʔaʕrafa | |
| Meaning 1 | rest, find rest, come to rest, be at ease, find relief | kama yāʕrəfu ʔəm-́ṣāmāhomu 'so that they have rest from their toil' (Apoc. 14:13) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | die | ba-zātti ʕəlat ʔaʕrafa ḳəddus ʔab ṗeṭros 'on this day Saint Father Peter passed away' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGz. 69; LLA 970). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʔarāḥa | |
| Meaning 1 | to have rest | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to die | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 1179). The original meaning is 'to breath'; cp. also ʔistarāḥa ‘to rest’, mustarāḥ- ‘the grave (as a place of rest or ease)’; mustarāḥ-, mustarīḥ- ‘the dead’ (Lane 1179; 1183) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | покой | |
| Lexeme 2 | покойник | |
| Meaning 1 | rest | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | deadman | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||