to crawl → to be torn 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Osetin
lexeme 1 byryn
lexeme 2 læbyryn
meaning 1 to crawl
meaning 2 to shred (fabric, graze)
reference
comment Абаев 2, 17
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme ползти (polzti)
meaning 1 to creep, to crawl
direction →
meaning 2 to tear (fabric)
reference
comment Also the Rus. расползаться (о ткани) 'to shred (fabrics)'

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