to break (tr.)
→
to defeat, win
6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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-ḳawm-a 'I defeated people (or party)'; |
Reference | ||
Comment | Lane 2610; WKAS vol. 1, 177 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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’ (LLA 1386) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (fig.) to destroy (enemies; war, i.e. the troops of the enemies) | wa-ʔadangaḍomu ʔəgziʔabəḥer ʔəmḳədma gaṣṣomu la-ʔəsrāʔel wa-ḳaṭḳaṭomu ʔəgziʔabəḥer ʕabiyya ḳəṭḳaṭe ba-gabāʔon ‘And God shook them before the face of Israel and defeated them with a great defeat in Gabāʔon’; ʔəgziʔabəḥer yəḳaṭaḳḳəṭ ḍabʔa 'God crushes the troops' (Jud. 16:2) |
Reference | ||
Comment | LLA 469. The meaning B probably occurs only in metaphorical expressions, same as in the Greek original with the verb syntribo, ektribo. |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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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 'you have trusted in a reed-stalk, broken in Egypt, which breaks when a man leans upon it' (4 Reg. 18:21) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be defeated (in war) | tasabru ḥəzb baḳədma ḍaromu 'the people were defeated before their enemy' (2 Par. 6:24) |
Reference | ||
Comment | LLA 358. In the corresponding active stem, only the meaning A is attested. |
NEW Realization 4 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Reference | ||
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