bad
→
brave
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | biˀsa | |
| lexeme 2 | baˀusa | |
| meaning 1 | (he, it is) very evil, bad | biˀsa r-rağul-u zayd-un very evil is the man Zayd |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be mighty, strong, corageous (in war or fight) | fā-ˀiḏā gāˀa waˀdu ˀūlāhumā ba-ˀathnā ˀalaykum ˀibādan lla-nā ˀūlī baˀsin šadīdin (Surah Al-Isrā (17):5) So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might. |
| reference | BK: I 79-80 Lane: 146 | |
| comment | The direction is not clear, B->A is likely to be. In the second example the lexeme is nominal. | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | yaman | |
| meaning 1 | bad | Gelecek buysa halimiz yaman. if this is the future, we're all screwed |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave | yaman bir asker brave soldier |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 908 | |
| comment | ||