to find
→
to be, 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 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| language 2 | Modern Written Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | waǯada (active) | |
| lexeme 2 | wuǯida (passive) | |
| meaning 1 | to find | waǯada ḍ-ḍāllat-a He found the stray beast. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to exist | أنا مَوْجُود (ˀanā mawǯūd-) (part. from wuǯida) I'm here (answering the question of a techer "who is absent today?") |
| reference | Lane: 2924 Wehr: 1049 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 (Matth. 7:8) And he who sought will find. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to exist | ʔalbo za-tarakba sayf wa-kʷənāt wəsta ʔədawihomu la-kʷəllu ḥəzb ʔəlla məsla sāʔol wa-yonātān (1 Reg. 13:22); ʔalbo za-tarakba za-kamāhā (Job 28:15) There was no sword or spear in the hands of all those people who were with Saol and Jonathan; There is nothing which exists which is like her. |
| reference | LLA: 302-303 | |
| comment | ||