Number of realizations
19
father
→
<priest>
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | отец, otec | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | <priest> | Старенький поп, отец Михаил, служит жалобным, надтреснутым голоском. "An old priest, Father Michael, serves as a plaintive, cracked voice." |
| Reference | Efremova 2000 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | It is used when naming worshipers, monks or when referring to them (usually attached to a name or rank). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | padre | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 батюшку Алексея. Очень жадный поп (М. Горький) "The miller was silent thinking about the father of Alexei. Very greedy priest (Maxim Gorky)" |
| Reference | BAS page 1 297 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | baba | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sheikh (title of the head of the Dervish community) | |
| Reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | πατήρ | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | cha | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | Ošanin Vũ Đăng Ất 1961 page 85 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lithuanian | |
| Lexeme | tėvas | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | LRŽ page 826 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Irish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | athair | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | athair faoistine "father confessor" |
| Reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | far | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | Arakin 2000 page 1 224-225 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | πατέρας | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest, monk | Ο πατέρας Iωάννης "father Ioannes" |
| Reference | Xorikov Malev 1993 page 610 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | DSMG | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | padre | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | Zor'ko et al. 2002 page 612 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | isä | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | Vahros Ščerbakov 2007 page 157-158 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chavacano | |
| Lexeme | padre | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | SEAlang Chavacano | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Javanese | |
| Lexeme | rama | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Roman Catholic priest | |
| Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yegha | |
| Lexeme | 'aɸa | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Korafe Dialect | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | attan̠ | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest, guru | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon page 65 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | ayya | |
| Meaning 1 | father | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | priest or guru of Lingayatas | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary page 52 | |
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