priest (Christianity)
→
common bullfinch
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | monk | |
| meaning 1 | monk | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) common bullfinch | |
| reference | Desfayes 1998 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | cardinal | |
| meaning 1 | priest (Christianity) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) common bullfinch | |
| reference | Desfayes 1998 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Pfaffe | |
| lexeme 2 | Dompfaff | |
| meaning 1 | cleric, priest | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | |
| reference | DWDS Duden DWB (Der Grimm) | |
| comment | Also pfäffchen (DWB). Danish and Norwegian dompap 'bullfinsh', Portuguese dom-fafe were borrowed from (Low) German. Icelandic dómpápi was borrowed from Danish |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Domherr | |
| meaning 1 | canon (title), member of the chapter of a cathedral (cathedral chapter) or of a collegiate church | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | common bullfinch | |
| reference | DWB (Der Grimm) | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | cardeal | |
| meaning 1 | (Catholicism) cardinal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | common bullfinch | |
| reference | Desfayes 1998 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | domherre | |
| meaning 1 | canon (title), member of the chapter of a cathedral (cathedral chapter) or of a collegiate church | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | common bullfinch | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
name derives from the black spot on the bird's head reminiscent of the black cap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (DWB, SAOB).
Portrait of Monsignor James P. Turner, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri // Wikimedia Commons, public domain