sulfur
→
match (for fire)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | síra | |
| Lexeme 2 | sirka | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | match (for fire) | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Faroese | |
| Lexeme 1 | svávul | |
| Lexeme 2 | svávulpinnur | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | match (for fire) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | pinnur 'stick' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | kebrit | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | match (for fire) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | From Arabic | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| Lexeme | كِبْرِيت kibrīt- | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | match (for fire) | علبة كِبْرِيت box of matches |
| Reference | Wehr: 1083 | |
| Comment | Borrowed from Aramaic kiḇrīṯā, kĕḇrīṯā 'sulfur', from Akkadian kibrītu 'sulfur; firebrand'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | kiberiti, kibiriti | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | match (for fire) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | From Arabic | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kibrit | |
| Meaning 1 | sulfur | hamızı kibrit sulfuric acid |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | matches | kibrit başı head of a match |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 550 | |
| Comment | Arabian loanword. |
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