hand/arm
→
to help, aid
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | sāʕid- | |
| lexeme 2 | sāʕada | |
| meaning 1 | fore arm | šadda l-lāhu ʕalā s-sāʕid-i-ka May God strengthen your fore arm! |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to aid, assist, help | sāʕadahu ʕalayhi He helped him to do it. |
| reference | Lane: 1360-1362 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | ʕaḍud- | |
| lexeme 2 | ʕaḍada | |
| meaning 1 | upper arm, upper half of the arm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to assist, to aid | |
| reference | Lane: 2071-2072 | |
| comment | Cf. also ʕaḍud- 'assistant, aider' (Lane 2072) - polysemous with 'arm'. | |
Mayzel' 1983:218-219 (ibid.: cp. Breton skoaz 'shoulder' - scoazia 'to help'; Fr. épaule 'shoulder' - épauler 'to support, to help'