to destroy, annihilate
→
to forgive
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʕafā | |
| Meaning 1 | to efface, to erase | ʕafat-i r-rīḥ-u l-ʔaṯar-a ‘the wind effaced the trace, footprint'; |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to forgive | ʕafā llāh-u ʕanka 'may God absolve thee'; |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 2092-93; BK II 303). | |