blood
→
revenge
2 realizations
FAMILY: Afro-Asiatic
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 52118) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | dam- (دَم) + waliyy- (وَلِي) | |
| lexeme 2 | waliyy-u d-dam-i (وَلِي الدم) | |
| meaning 1 | blood | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the avenger of blood heir (lit. kinsman of/by blood) | |
| reference | Baranov: I 262 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 2524) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | däm | |
| meaning 1 | blood | ṣäḳ̆ṭi däm blood pressure |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | blood feud | bäʕal däm one who must avenge a slain kinsman |
| reference | TED: 2067-68 | |
| comment | Cf. dämənnät 'blood feud, right of the relatives of a murdered man to kill the killer or his nearest relative'. | |