to burn (intr.)
→
to fail
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 46426) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | brennen | |
| lexeme 2 | abbrennen | |
| meaning 1 | to burn (intr.) | schwach gebrannt soft fired |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fail | völlig abgebrannt stony-broke |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | The second meaning is used in spoken language. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 15706) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | leég | |
| meaning 1 | to burn down (intr.) | Az egész falu leégett. The whole village burned down. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to experience failure, embarrass oneself | 1. leég a csapat, a készületlen diák 2. Le van égve. Nagyon leégtem ebben a hónapban. 1. the team, the unprepared student fails 2. (S)he's broke. I've gone broke this month. |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 46427) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | прогореть | |
| meaning 1 | to burn down | дрова в печке прогорели The firewood in the stove burned down. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fail | Фирма прогорела. The company folded up. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | The second meaning is used in a spoken language. |
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Cf. also Russ. погореть 'to fail; to be exposed' as in Он погорел со своими махинациями 'His scam was exposed'.