The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to know → poetry 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Classical Arabic
lexeme		šiʕr-
meaning 1	knowledge	layta šiʕrī mā kāna Would that I knew what happened.
direction	→
meaning 2	poetry; verse
reference		Lane: 1560
comment		Cf. šaʕara 'to know' (ibid. 1559). The predominant signification of شِعْرٌ is poetry, or verse, because of its preeminence by reason of the measure and the rhyme, though every kind of knowledge is شِعْرٌ.