to feel pity
→
to love
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Syriac | |
| Lexeme 1 | raḥem | |
| Lexeme 2 | rəḥem | |
| Meaning 1 | to have mercy upon | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to love | rəḥam lǝḥaḇrāḵ ʔaḵ nap̲šāḵ love thy neighbor as thyself |
| Reference | Payne Smith: 537 | |
| Comment | The source meaning is that of A (cf. Arb. rḥm 'to feel pity' BK 1:838, Lane 1055-56 etc.). Cf. Wierzbicka 1999: 293: Ifaluk fago "love/sadness/compassion", Rus. zhalost' "loving compassion". | |