sweat
→
work (n.)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ἱδρώς | |
| meaning 1 | sweat, perspiration | ἱδρώς ἀνῄει χρωτί sweat was appearing on (Heracles') skin |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hard work | τῆς ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν in front of the virtue the gods placed the labout (i.e. You can get the virtue only by hard work) |
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| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | znoj | |
| meaning 1 | sweat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | work (n.) | znojem zalijevati, krvavi znoj to work/to achieve some result with a great effort, hard work |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | зноj (znoj) | |
| meaning 1 | sweat | пробија ме ледени зној I have a cold sweat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | work (n.) | крвави зној hard work |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 440 | |
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