thin (of an object)
→
delicate, subtle (person, question etc.)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1435 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | → | rude, impolite | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳäč̣č̣ən | |
| meaning 1 | 'thin (person, voice, cloth)' | ḳäč̣č̣ən ləbs; 'thin, gauzy cloth'; |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | refined (person) | ḳäč̣č̣ən geta; 'a real lord' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (K 839). Cf. Tna. ḳäṭṭin/ḳäč̣č̣in 'thin, fine, slender'; ḳäṭṭin zəbahru 'temperamental, sensitive person' (KT 1048). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | fine | |
| meaning 1 | 'thin in thickness or diameter' | a fine film of oil; a fine film of oil; |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment' | fine wine; fine wine; |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | fin | |
| meaning 1 | thin (of an object) | elle a les doigts fins she has thin fingers |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | delicate, subtle (person, question etc.) | une remarque très fine a very suble observation |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | инцке | |
| meaning 1 | thin | инцке тэмир tin (lit. thin iron) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sensitive, considerate | инцке услу a cultured, intellectual person |
| reference | ||
| comment | (KRPS 203) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | tonkij | |
| meaning 1 | thin | тонкий лед thin ice |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fine | тонкое различие fine difference |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | räḳḳiḳ̆ | |
| meaning 1 | 'thin, fine' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'delicate, subtle, refined' | räḳḳiḳ̆ säb 'frail (person); subtle (person); shrewd' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (KT 560) | |
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