father <priest> 20 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme πατήρ
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras
reference LSJ
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Chavacano
lexeme padre
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference SEAlang Chavacano
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme father
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 (often as a title or form of address) a priest pray for me, father
reference ODE
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Finnish
lexeme isä
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007: 157-158
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme athair
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest athair faoistine
father confessor
reference Ó Dónaill 1977
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme padre
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference Zor'ko et al. 2002: 612
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme rama
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 Roman Catholic priest
reference SEAlang Javanese
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Kannada
lexeme ayya
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest or guru of Lingayatas
reference Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 52
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme tėvas
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference LRŽ: 826
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme πατέρας
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest, monk Ο πατέρας Iωάννης
father Ioannes
reference Xorikov, Malev 1993: 610
comment DSMG
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme far
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference Arakin 2000: 1, 224-225
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme отец, otec
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 Старенький поп, отец Михаил, служит жалобным, надтреснутым голоском.
An old priest, Father Michael, serves as a plaintive, cracked voice.
reference Efremova 2000
comment It is used when naming worshipers, monks or when referring to them (usually attached to a name or rank).
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme батюшка (batjuška)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest, parson (unofficial) or respectful form of appeal to the priest Мельник молчал думая про батюшку Алексея: Очень жадный поп. (М. Горький)
The miller was silent thinking about the father of Alexei. Very greedy priest (Maxim Gorky)
reference BAS: 1, 297
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme отац (otac)
meaning 1 father

Oženjen, otac dvoje dece.


Married, father of two children.

direction
meaning 2 cleric

Свети оци калуђери.


Holy fathers, monks.

reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 895
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme padre
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference DRAE
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme baba
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 spiritual leader Baba Mtakatifu [wa Kanisa la Kikatoliki]
pope (Roman Catholic Church)
reference Polikanov
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme attan̠
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest, guru
reference Tamil lexicon: 65
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme baba
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 sheikh (title of the head of the Dervish community)
reference Jusipova 2005
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Vietnamese
lexeme cha
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference Ošanin, Vũ Đăng Ất 1961: 85
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Yegha
lexeme 'aɸa
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 priest
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment Korafe Dialect