good
→
kind, good-hearted
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 968 | bad | ↔ | evil (adj.) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | χρηστός | |
| meaning 1 | usefull, good of its kind | χρηστός σῖτος good crops |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | good, kindly (of a men) | χρηστοί θεοί, χρηστός δεσπότης gracious gods, well-disposed lord |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | LSJ 2007 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme | ɣaz-ẽ | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | Kadagidze & Kadagidze 1984: 634 | |
| comment | Bertlani (ed.) 2018, 6 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme | dobrý | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind | |
| reference | Pavlovič 1976: 75 | |
| comment | In Serb., Mac., добар, Bulg. добър, Pol. dobry there is the same type of polysemy. In Rus. the meaning 'good' is marginal (cf. добрый конь (good horse), доброе вино (good wine) etc.). But there is the noun добро (good)(vs. Зло(evil)). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | bon | |
| meaning 1 | good | un bon film a good movie |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind | être bon pour les animaux to be kind to animals |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | мэл- | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | PIRS: 173 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | ӄэчилаӽ | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | PIRS: 141 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karelian | |
| lexeme | hyvä | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 34 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | бур | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind | |
| reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Koryak | |
| lexeme | нымэлӄин | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | Moll 1960: 78 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | baik | |
| meaning 1 | good | makanan baik good food |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | baik budi pekertinya He is very kind |
| reference | Rott et al. 1977.: 29 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | god | |
| meaning 1 | good | en god kniv a good knife |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, nice, friendly | være god mot en to be kind to someone |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | добрыи | |
| lexeme 2 | добрый | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | |
| reference | Sreznevskij: 682 | |
| comment | In Russian the meaning 'good' persists in word-formation and idioms, cf. доброкачественный 'of good quality', Доброе утро! "Good morning!' |
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| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | bun | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | kind | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | dii (ดี) | |
| meaning 1 | good | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, benevolent; friendly | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | iyi | |
| meaning 1 | good | iyi yıl good year |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | kind, good-hearted | Her zaman olduğun iyi kalpli adam ol. e the kindhearted man you always were. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 486 | |
| comment | Cf. also a derivative iyilik (abstract noun from iyi): doktorunun iyiliğini gördük 'we felt themselves the kindness of the doctor' Baskakov 1977: 487 |
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Ср. также лезг. къени 1) добрый, простодушный - о чел. 2) исправный (механизм), 3) благоустроенный (дом), 4) домашний (культ. растения, животные). ЛРС: 186.