father <priest> 20 realizations
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