womb, uterus
→
relative (n.)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | raḥim- | |
| meaning 1 | womb | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | relationship, nearness of kin | ḏū r-raḥim-I ‘the possessor of relationship’; ḏū raḥim-in maḥrim-in ‘a relation whom it is unlawful to marry’ |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Lane 1056), from Proto-Semitic *raḥ(i)m-, *riḥm- 'womb', cf. SED I No. 231). | |