deaf
—
Boletus edulis
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | глухарь | |
| Meaning 1 | deaf man; western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Boletus edulis | |
| Reference | Merkulova 1967 | |
| Comment | Tver', Vladimir, Moscow Region (1954), Ural. According to some dialectologists the word is usually denote old mushrooms that grow in dense forest (in Russian literal 'deaf forest'). Or because its cap is spliced with stipe. In seconde case root глух- 'deaf' appears in one of idiomatic meanings 'close hermetically, without any gaps'. Coincidence with the word глухарь 'western capercaillie ' is accidental. Also глуховик, глуховой 'Boletus edulis' (Moscow Region). Merkulova 1976, SRNG, Kirillova 2006, Kanunova 2008, Kuz'mina 2008 | |