beautiful
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fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Moksha | |
lexeme 1 | мази | |
lexeme 2 | мази панга | |
meaning 1 | red / nice, beautiful | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) | |
reference | Grebneva 1984 | |
comment | Novlej, Insarskij district, Mordovia |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Russian | |
lexeme | красавец | |
meaning 1 | beautiful | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) | |
reference | Zhdanova 2011 | |
comment | Dialectal word. Also красавчик, красулька, красивый гриб. Probable also красный гриб 'fly agaric' lit. 'red mushroom' if the word красный 'red' was used in old meaning 'beautiful'. For example frequent folklore expression красная девица 'beautiful girl', lit. 'red girl' |