father
→
<priest>
20 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 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 | |
the priest of any religion, guru, monk etc.