left
→
bad luck
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | σκαιός | |
Meaning 1 | left | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | unlucky, ill-omened, mischievous | |
Reference | LSJ | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
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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.