hand/arm
→
to help, aid
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
Comment | (Lane 1362, 1360). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
Comment | (Lane 2071-2072); 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'