blue
—
red
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | модър | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | red | |
| reference | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007: 193 | |
| comment | Only in dialect of Kyustendil Province. In common Bulgarian модър 'colour of blue cornflower; blue, turquoise blue' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | плав | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | reddish | |
| reference | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007: 193 | |
| comment | Only in Tran dialect. In common Bulgarian плав 'yellowish blue, gray blue, pale blue (of eyes)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Irish | |
| lexeme | gorm | |
| meaning 1 | blue | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | red | |
| reference | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007: 236 | |
| comment | In Modern Irish gorm 'blue', the meaning 'red' remains in gorm san aghaidh 'turn red in the face; to blush', lit. 'blue in the face' (Ó Dónaill 1977, 660). | |