bull
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boss
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ṯawr- | |
| meaning 1 | a bull | ṯawr-un faḥl-un breeding bull |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a chief, master, lord | الثَّوْرُ الأَبْيَضُ (aṯ-ṯawr al-ˀabyaḍ) (epithet of kalif Uthman ibn Affan) 'a white bull' (because he was hoary, or it may denote celebrity) |
| reference | Lane: 364 BK: I 242 LA: IV 111 | |
| comment | Cf. also SED II No. 241. | |