bile, gall
→
poison, venom
5 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 12971) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | زهر zahr | |
| meaning 1 | bile, gall | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | poison | زهر مهلك zahr-e mohlek deadly poison |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 772 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 52509) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ga | |
| lexeme | ebɔɔ | |
| meaning 1 | bile, gall | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | poison | |
| reference | Kropp Dakubu 2009: 62 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 8313) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Syriac | |
| lexeme | mertā | |
| meaning 1 | fel | mertā ʔukāmtā black bile |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | venenum | mertā dḥewyā snake poison |
| reference | LSyr.: 400 | |
| comment | The lexeme goes back to the Proto-Semitic root *mi/ar(r)-at-, *mirār-at 'gall, gall-bladder' (see SED I No. 188). The meaning of 'poison' is present also in a number of other Semitic languages (official Aramaic, Postbiblical Hebrew). | |