thin (of an object)
→
quiet (vs. loud)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | daḳ | |
| meaning 1 | fine grained, powdery | ū-bō śēʕār ṣāhōb dāḳ Lev. 13:30: 'and there is a thin yellowish hair in it' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | soft, low (voice) | wə-kə-ʔābāḳ daḳ hămōn zārāyik Is. 29:5: 'and the turmoil of your enemies became as a fine dust' |
| reference | ||
| comment | HALAT 220 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | dünn | |
| meaning 1 | thin | dünner Faden thin thread |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | weak, quiet (voice) | dünne Stimme weak, low voice |
| reference | ||
| comment | Presumably the same type of polysemy in the Eng. Thin. В словаре Duden этот пример отнесен к значению "слабый". Т.е. "тихий" - это контекстно-обусловленное значение: только в отношении звука |
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