to break (tr.)
→
to defeat, win
6 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | kasara | |
| meaning 1 | to break, break off | kusira ʔibrīḳuhu His pitcher was broken. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to defeat | kasartu l-qawm-a I defeated people (or party). |
| reference | Lane: 2610 WKAS: vol. 1, 177 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ḳaṭḳaṭa | |
| meaning 1 | to tear, to break | ba-mafṣəḥa ḫaṣin ʕaṣma ʔəgarihu ḳaṭḳaṭu They broke the bone of his legs with an iron hammer. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (fig.) to destroy (enemies; war, i.e. the troops of the enemies) | ʔəgziʔabəḥer yəḳaṭaḳḳəṭ ḍabʔa (Jud. 16:2) God crushes the troops. |
| reference | LLA: 496,1386 | |
| comment | The meaning B probably occurs only in metaphorical expressions, same as in the Greek original with the verb syntribo, ektribo. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | tasabra | |
| meaning 1 | to be broken, to break (intr.) | taʔamanka ba-batr bāḥrus ḳəṭḳuṭ ba-gəbṣ ʔənta ʔəmma tamargʷaza bātti bəʔəsi yəssabbar (4 Reg. 18:21) You have trusted in a reed-stalk, broken in Egypt, which breaks when a man leans upon it. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be defeated (in war) | tasabru ḥəzb baḳədma ḍaromu (2 Par. 6:24) The people were defeated before their enemy. |
| reference | LLA: 358 | |
| comment | In the corresponding active stem, only the meaning A is attested. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | шӓлӓтӓш | |
| meaning 1 | to break up, destroy | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to defeat, win | |
| reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | frînge | |
| meaning 1 | to break | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to win, defeat | |
| reference | Румынско-русский словарь 1954 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | razbivat' | |
| meaning 1 | to break | кто разбил чашку? who has broken the cup? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to beat | мы разбили врага We defeated the enemy |
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