to ask (for)
→
to pray
45 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | λίσσομαι (λίτομαι) | |
| Meaning 1 | to beg, pray | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray gods | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | xndirkʿ (խնդիրք) | |
| Meaning 1 | entreaty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | praying | |
| Reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| Comment | Also xndirvack‘ (խնդրվածք) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | małtʿel (մաղթել) | |
| Meaning 1 | to implore, to beg | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | teq̣ar | |
| Meaning 1 | to beg | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 343 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | моля | |
| Lexeme 2 | моля се | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Bernštejn 1966 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cham | |
| Lexeme | likơw | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Alieva, Bùi Khán Thế 1999: 129 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cofán | |
| Lexeme | iɲahaɲe | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme 1 | moliti | |
| Lexeme 2 | moliti se | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | moliti se Bogu to pray God |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | moliti ('ask (for)') -> molim ('please') | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | bede | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | bede om hjælp to ask for help |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | bede til Gud to pray to God |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Dargwa (literary) | |
| Lexeme | гаукІас | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | Kadar dialect CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | pray | |
| Meaning 1 | used as a preface to polite requests or instructions | ladies and gentlemen, pray be seated |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship | the whole family is praying for Michael |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | rukous | |
| Meaning 1 | entreaty, supplication | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prayer | |
| Reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | prier | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | prier qqn d'intervenir to ask sb. to intervene |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | prier à l'église to pray in church |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | könyörög | |
| Meaning 1 | to implore, to beg | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | Meddő anyánk könyörög gyerekért. (József Attila) Our barren mother begs for a child |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | biðja | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | hann bað mig að bíða smástund he asked me to wait a moment |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | presturinn bað ótal bænir í kirkjunni in church the priest said one prayer after another |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | pregare | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | lo pregò di ascoltarlo He begged to listen to him |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | sono stata in chiesa a pregare I went to church to pray |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itonama | |
| Lexeme | wanuyateske | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | negai (ねがい, 願い) | |
| Meaning 1 | wish, request | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prayer | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | precor, -ari | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask, beg, entreat, pray | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray (gods) | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Liha (Lyha) | |
| Lexeme | thi:n.33 | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malagasy | |
| Lexeme | mangàtaka | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | dǎo (祷, 禱) | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray gods | Dǎo yǔ (祷雨) to pray for the rain |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | qǐng; qīng; qíng (请, 請) | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | Qǐng shén (请神) to pray to the gods |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Maori | |
| Lexeme | inoi | |
| Meaning 1 | to beg | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | MD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mapudungun | |
| Lexeme | ŋilʸatu | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | кумала | |
| Meaning 1 | to implore, to humbly beg | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | сӧрвалаш | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | Тамара, сӧрвалем, пӧртыл мӧҥгеш (Николай Арбан) Tamara, please come back |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray (god) | Сӧрвалыза юмым. Тудо полша.(Анатолий Березин) Pray to god. He will help. |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | استمطر istamṭara (X-stem) | |
| Lexeme 2 | استمطر istamṭara | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask a favor | استمطرهُ He sought, desired, or demanded, his beneficence, or bounty. |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray, ask for rain (Akk. or من) | خَرَجُوا يَسْتَمْطِرُونَ ٱللّٰ They went forth praying to God for rain. |
| Reference | Baranov Lane: 2722 | |
| Comment | Denominative from مَطَرٌ 'rain'. | |
| NEW Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nivaclé | |
| Lexeme | -tˀaʔɬ | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nivkh | |
| Lexeme | меӽрадь | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 180 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nogai | |
| Lexeme | тилев | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | be | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | be om lov to ask permission |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | be til Gud to pray to God |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 33 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | rogo | |
| Meaning 1 | wish, request | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prayer | |
| Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 34 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | pedir | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | orar | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 36 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | ruga | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask someone insistently to fulfill a wish, a service, a favor, etc; to ask someone for the will or permission to do something | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to make a prayer, to invoke divinity | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | Romanian te rog 'please', lit. 'I ask you'. Romanian ruga from Latin rogo, rogare. More often Romanian cere 'ask (for)'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 37 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | молить (molit') | |
| Lexeme 2 | молиться (molit'sja) | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 38 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme 1 | молити (moliti) | |
| Lexeme 2 | молити се (moliti se) | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | Molimo vas da se pre unosa komentara upoznate sa Opštim pravilima korišćenja. portala. Before writing a comment we ask you to read general rules of using the website. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | Molimo se Bogu za našu braću i sestre i decu na Kosovu i Metohiji. We pray to God for our brothers and sisters and children in Kosovo and Metohija. |
| Reference | CLARIN.SI | |
| Comment | moliti ('ask (for)') -> molim ('please') | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 39 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | deprecación | |
| Meaning 1 | entreaty, supplication | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prayer | |
| Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 40 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | be | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | be om lov to ask permission |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | be till Gud to pray to God |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 41 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | yakarış | |
| Meaning 1 | request, entreaty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | prayer | |
| Reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 42 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | вӧсяськыны | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 43 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | йыбырттыны | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray; pray for the dead, commemorate the dead | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | Also йыбыртъяны, йыбыртъяськыны | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 44 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme 1 | молити | |
| Lexeme 2 | молитися | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | SUM-11 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 45 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | cầu | |
| Meaning 1 | to ask (for) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to pray | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||
'to ask for smth.' → 'to pray to God for smth' → 'address a prayer to God'. Some examples reflect an intermediate stage of the shift. Buck 22.17 (1470-1471), CLICS-3 24-1828