to grasp, seize to steal 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἁρπάζω
meaning 1 to grasp
direction
meaning 2 to kidnap, to rob
reference
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme грабвам
meaning 1 to grasp, seize

грабвам за ръката (някого)


grab (someone's) hand

direction
meaning 2 to steal

грабвам мома


to steal a girl

reference Bernštejn 1966: 97
comment Also Macedonian word граби has the meaning 'to steal' (but does not have the meaning 'to grab').
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme грабвам
meaning 1 to grasp, seize

грабвам за ръката (някого)


grab (someone's) hand

direction
meaning 2 to steal

грабвам мома


to steal a girl

reference Bernštejn 1966: 97
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme грабвам
meaning 1 to grasp, seize

грабвам за ръката (някого)


grab (someone's) hand

direction
meaning 2 to steal

грабвам мома


to steal a girl

reference Bernštejn 1966: 97
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NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Catalan
lexeme pillar
meaning 1 (colloquial) to snatch, grab
direction
meaning 2 to pillage, plunder, loot
reference DIEC2
comment
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme grabiti
meaning 1 to grab quickly

grabiti rukom, grabiti šapom


to grab with one's hand, to grab with one's paw

direction
meaning 2 to steal
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme багордамс
meaning 1 to grasp
direction
meaning 2 to steal
reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 69
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme автордамс
meaning 1 to grasp
direction
meaning 2 to steal (colloq.)
reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 32
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme баксордамс
meaning 1 to grasp
direction
meaning 2 to steal
reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 70-71
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme габордамс
meaning 1 to grasp
direction
meaning 2 to steal
reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 43
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NEW Realization 11
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Italian
language 2 Medieval Latin
lexeme 1 pigliàre
lexeme 2 pilo, pilare
meaning 1 to grab, catch, take

pigliare un ragazzo per i capelli ― to grab a boy by the hair

pigliare una moglie ― to take a wife

pigliare una strada ― to take a road

la ho pigliato con me ― I took her with me

direction
meaning 2 to plunder
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, cognate with Late Latin expīlō 'to plunder, to pillage', Medieval Latin pīlō 'to plunder, to pillage', from Latin pīlāre 'to ram down firmly', from pīla 'column'. Confused with pĭlō 'to depilate, (figuratively) to plunder'. Compare Portugues pilhar 'to pillage (loot or plunder by force)', French piller 'to plunder; to pillage'.

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pīliāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 494

NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme грабити (grabiti)
meaning 1 to grab quickly

грабити оружје, грабити кофер


to seize a weapon, to seize a suitcase

direction
meaning 2 to steal

грабити туђе


to steal from others

reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 216
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NEW Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme pillar
meaning 1 to catch, get, to grab
direction
meaning 2 to steal
reference DRAE
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