big → noble 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme kabīr-
meaning 1 'big'
direction →
meaning 2 'great in dignity and nobility' 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' (Lane 1692)
reference
comment Lane 2586
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme mare
meaning 1 big
direction →
meaning 2 noble
reference Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 521
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