to cut → to cut off relationships 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ḳaṭaʕa
meaning 1 'to cut'
direction →
meaning 2 'to cut off one's friendship, break (with s.o.); to cut, snub (s.o.)' fa-ḥbab ʔaḫāhā ʔiḏā kāna bihāḏihi ṣ-ṣifat-i wa-lā taḳṭaʕhu
‘love your brother if he is of such qualities, and do not cut him (do not ignore him)’ (Alf layla wa-layla vol. 1, 377)
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SUSPENDED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to cut
meaning 1 to cut to cut the rope
direction →
meaning 2 fail to recognize smn in public, to pretend not to know a person she cut him dead at the meeting
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme cortar
meaning 1 to cut

María se ha cortado el pelo


Maria has cut her hair
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meaning 2 to cut off relationships

María ha cortado con Juan


Maria has broken up with Juan
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