mad, insane
→
passionate, zealous
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | crazy | |
| meaning 1 | insane | yelling like a crazy person |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | passionate about | crazy about boats |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | mad | |
| meaning 1 | insane | to go mad |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | passionate, zealous | She is mad for jewels |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | fou | |
| meaning 1 | insane | Les médecins constatèrent qu'il était fou. (Maupassant) The doctors confirmed he was insane. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | passionate about | Il est fou de sa femme. He is madly in love with his wife. |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malagasy | |
| lexeme | adala | |
| meaning 1 | mad, insane | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | crazy about something | |
| reference | Korneev 1966: 11 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | безумный | |
| lexeme 2 | без ума | |
| meaning 1 | insane | безумная улыбка mad smile |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | passionate, zealous | без ума от чего-либо crazy about something |
| reference | MAS | |
| comment | The word безумный 'insane' is derived from the word ум 'intelligence' with the prefix без 'without' (etymologically coincident with the preposition без used in the expression без ума 'insane'). |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | budala | |
| meaning 1 | dolt, booby | budala yerine koymak to take for an idiot |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | crazy about smth | futbol budalası football fan |
| reference | Jusipova 2005: 132 | |
| comment | ||