to try, to attempt
→
to try on (clothes)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 4309 | to check, test | → | to try on (clothes) | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | probati | |
| meaning 1 | to try, to attempt | probati pogoditi metu try to hit the target |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, try on | probati odijelo try on a suit |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme 1 | try | |
| lexeme 2 | try on | |
| meaning 1 | to attempt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, try on | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | essayer | |
| meaning 1 | to try, to attempt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, try on | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | probieren | |
| meaning 1 | to try, to attempt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, try on | |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | Cf. also for the meaning 2: anprobieren, Anprobe |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | пробати (probati) | |
| meaning 1 | to try, to attempt | Пробао је да не мисли о томе. He/she tried not to think about it. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, try on | пробати ципеле try on shoes |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1055 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language 1 | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| language 2 | Yaqay | |
| lexeme | hiovila | |
| meaning 1 | to try, to attempt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try on | |
| reference | Dictionary Yaqui | |
| comment | ||