saint
→
devil, satan
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Byzantine Greek | |
| language 2 | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | ἅγιος | |
| lexeme 2 | aghiuță | |
| meaning 1 | saint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | devil, satan | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | with Romanian diminutive suffix | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | sfîntulețul | |
| meaning 1 | saint (dim., with definite article) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | devil, satan | |
| reference | DER | |
| comment | From sfânt (sfînt). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | святой (svjatoj) | |
| lexeme 2 | святоша (svjatoša) | |
| meaning 1 | saint | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect, dated) devil who appears about Christmastide to the one who puts on the mask | |
| reference | Даль В.И. Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка | |
| comment | Orel. SRNG 37, 8. Also святоша 'mummer; someone who puts on the mask on Chiristmas'. In modern Russian literary language святоша 'hypocrite, sanctimonious person' was generated independently. | |