thick
↔
fat (adj.)(of a person)
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2036 | thin (of an object) | — | lean | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ġaluẓa | |
| Meaning 1 | to be thick, gross | ġaluẓat-i ṯ-ṯawb-u 'the garment was thick' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be bulky | ġaluẓa ǧism-u-hu 'his body was (became) thick' |
| Reference | Lane: 2282 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | wäfram | |
| Meaning 1 | heavy or thick (cloth) | yägənbu gədgəda wäfram näw 'the castle has thick walls (Leslau 1973:1331)' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat, thick, stout, obese | wäfram säw bäfəṭnät lirramäd ayčələm 'A fat person cannot walk fast.' |
| Reference | AED: 1600 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | crassus | |
| Meaning 1 | thick, fat | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat, obese | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Glare 454 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | fat | |
| Meaning 1 | thick (object) | a fat book 'thick book' |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | fat, obese (person) | a fat boy 'fat boy' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Meaning А is marginal and presumably developed from meaning B. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | kabāru | |
| Meaning 1 | to become thick | ina kî maṣi ikbir 'How thick was it?' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to become fat | šumma amēlu ikabbir 'if the man is fat' |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD k 4 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | ʕābā | |
| Meaning 1 | to be thick | ḳaṭannī ʕābā mimmotnē ʔābī 'my little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father (1 Kg 12:10)' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be fat | wa-yyišman yəšurūn wayy-ibʕaṭ šāmantā ʕābītā kaśītā 'Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and obstinate (Dt 35:15)' |
| Reference | HAL: 734 | |
| Comment | The source meaning is that of A (present in Akkadian). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tabassaran | |
| Lexeme | ac’u | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | ацIу хамхар 'thick log' |
| Meaning 2 | plump, fat | ацIу инсан 'corpulent person' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (TabRus 63) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Shughni | |
| Lexeme | γāfr | |
| Meaning 1 | thick, fat | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (person) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЭСИЯ 3, 93 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | gazif | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | gazif ʕamd 'a thick column' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat | wa-ʔantani bəʔsi gazif wa-ʕabiy 'and you are a fat and big man' |
| Reference | LLA: 1194 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | tolstyj | |
| Meaning 1 | fat, thick | толстый слой шоколада 'a thick layer of chocolate' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat | толстый мальчик 'a fat boy' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | tykk | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | en tjukk bok 'a thick book' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | en tjukk mann 'a fat man' |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | tyk | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | tykke skiver 'thick slices' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | tyk mand 'a fat man' |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | tjock | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | en tjock bok 'a thick book' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | han blev tjock och orörlig på äldre dagar 'he became fat and inactive in his old days' |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | þykkur | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | þykkur pappír 'thick paper' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | hún er orðin dálítið þykk í seinni tíð 'she has become very fat lately' |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | зӧк | |
| Meaning 1 | thick | зӧк пужым 'thick pine' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fat (adj.)(of a person) | зӧк адями 'far man' |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
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