little, small
→
low (social)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ṣaġīr- | |
| meaning 1 | small, little | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small, little in rank or dignity | ğāʔa n-nās-u ṣaġīr-u-hum wa-kabīr-u-hum 'the people came: the small in rank of them and great therein of them' |
| reference | ||
| comment | Lane 1692. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | small | |
| lexeme 2 | smallfolk | |
| meaning 1 | little, small | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | commoners | The smallfolks were slaughtered, whike the highborn were held for ransom (G.R.R.Martin. A Clash of Kings) A neologism |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Javanese | |
| lexeme | cilik | |
| meaning 1 | small | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (people) poor; underprivileged | |
| reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| comment | ||
Ср. рус. маленький человек