to find
→
to exist
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1586 | to find | → | to be situated | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | waǯada | |
| Lexeme 2 | wuǯida (passive from waǯada) | |
| Meaning 1 | to find | waǯada ḍ-ḍāllat-a 'he found the stray beast' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to exist | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 2924; also Wehr 1049). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme 1 | rakaba | |
| Lexeme 2 | tarakba | |
| Meaning 1 | to find, to find again, to catch | wa-za-hi ḫaśaśa yərakkəb 'and he who sought will find' (Matth. 7:8) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to exist | ʔalbo za-tarakba sayf wa-kʷənāt wəsta ʔədawihomu la-kʷəllu ḥəzb ʔəlla məsla sāʔol wa-yonātān 'there was no sword or spear in the hands of all those people who were with Saol and Jonathan' (1 Reg. 13:22); ʔalbo za-tarakba za-kamāhā 'there is nothing which exists which is like her' (Job 28:15) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 302-303) | |