sweet-smelling, fragrant
—
tasty
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ṭāba | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘to be delicious, sweet, savoury, in taste and in odour’ | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ‘to be delicious, sweet, savoury, in taste and in odour’ | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 1900). The main meaning in Arabic is 'to be good', the proto-Semitic root probably having both the meaning 'fragrant' and 'good'. Cp. Accadian ṭābu ‘good, aromatic, of good quality’ (CAD Ṭ 19) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḳadiyy- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'd'un gou^t et d'une odeur agréables' | ṭaʕām-un ḳadiyy-un ‘tasty and fragrant food’ (LA 15 172) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'd'un gou^t et d'une odeur agréables' | ṭaʕām-un ḳadiyy-un ‘tasty and fragrant food’ (LA 15 172) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | BK 2 693 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ṭəʕum | |
| Meaning 1 | 'fragrant' | maʕazā ṭəʕum (Mashafa Genzat 36) :‘sweet fragrance’ |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | ‘tasty, savoury’ | mabāləʕt ṭ̣əʕum 'savoury food' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LLA 1242. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | чöскыд | |
| Meaning 1 | tasty, delicious | чöскыд сёян tasty food |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | fragrant | чöскыд дука дзоридз fragrant flower |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КомиРС 709-710 | |
Cf. Williams 1976:463f.