left
→
bad luck
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | σκαιός | |
| meaning 1 | left | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unlucky, ill-omened, mischievous | |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʔašʔam- | |
| meaning 1 | 'left' | ʔal-yad-u š-šuʔmā 'left hand' |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 'most unlucky, unfortunate, inauspicious' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 1400; cf. also šaʔama ʕalayhim 'he drew upon them ill luck' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | šimāl- | |
| meaning 1 | left | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bad luck | ṭayr-u š-šimāl-in; ‘birds of ill luck’; |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 1601 | |
Chantraine, Pierre, "Les noms de la gauche en grec", Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 99.3 (1955) 374-377.