narrow, close
—
difficult
19 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme | ṣar | |
Meaning 1 | to be tight | hinnē-nā ha-mmāḳōm ʔăšer ʔănaḥnū yōšəbīm šām lə-panēkā ṣar mimmennū '2King 6:1: 'there, the place which we live in became too narrow for us'' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be in low circumstances, worried, sad | ṣar-lī məʔōd ū-pəlištīm nilḥāmīm bī '1Sam 28:15: 'I am in great distress, and the Philistines are warring against me'' |
Reference | ||
Comment | HALAT 990. (cf. also Hbr. ṣar 'narrrow'; subst. 'distress' (HALAT 984): |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | تنگ tang | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | راه تنگ rāh-e tang 'narrow road' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | tight | به تنگ آمدن be tang āmadan 'to reach the extreme; to be in great distress' |
Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 402 | |
Comment | ПРС 219. |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | tesnyj | |
Lexeme 2 | stesnennyj | |
Meaning 1 | tight | тесный коридор 'narrow corridor' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | in great distress, in low circumstances | Она храбро переносила все неудобства бедного, стесненного житья. (Тургенев) 'She couragesouly bore all the discomforts of poor, distressful life.' (Turgenev) |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. also Ushakov: ТЕСНЫЙ - meaning 5. Затруднительный, трудный, тяжелый (разг.). «Сам я стар, дела подошли тесные.» (А.Островский). Тесные обстоятельства. |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | dar | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | дар авун 'to make straight, narrow' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | tight, difficult | дар авун 'to encumber (in smth), to expose to difficulties' |
Reference | ||
Comment | Cf. ДАРВАЛ '1) cramped, overcrowded conditions, 2) material hardships, need' (LezgRus 107-108). The same in Tabassaran, cf. (TabRus 142). |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | tight | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | tight jeans 'обтягивающие джинсы' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hard (circumstances) | to be in a tight place/corner 'быть в трудном положении' |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Karaim | |
Lexeme | тар | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | тар сокъакъ 'narrow side street' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | misery, trouble, unjustice | тар аларгъа болгъыйд 'Let it be hard for them' |
Reference | ||
Comment | КРПС 514. |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | angustus | |
Lexeme 2 | angustia | |
Meaning 1 | narrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | awkward situation, difficult sitation | |
Reference | Lewis, Short | |
Comment | Бурсье 66. Ital. angoscia, Fr. angoisse |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | кырыымчык | |
Meaning 1 | poor | кырыымчык олох 'miserable life' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | narrow, close | кырыымчык дьиэ 'cramped room' |
Reference | ||
Comment | The dictionary claims that it is namely the meaning of "poor" is original here. ЯРС 211. |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Yakut | |
Lexeme | кыараҕастык | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | кыараҕастык хайаҕастаа 'to make a narrow slit' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | poorly | кыараҕастык олор- 'to live in poverty' |
Reference | ||
Comment | ЯРС 204. |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | ṣäbäbä | |
Meaning 1 | 'to be narrow, tight, not to be commodious, e.g., a room or a house' | səlläzərägʷädku kullu kədawəntäy ṣäbibuni ''Since I got fat, all my clothes are [too] tight for me'' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'to bring into distress, straits' | lämzämän zäläḳaḥkani gänzäb kəmalsälka ʔay k̲əʔələn; bəzuḥ ṣäbibuni ʔallommo ''I cannot return you this year the money you lent me since I am in great straits'' |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 2578). (cf. also ṣäbäba 'distress, straits, adversity, tribulation, anxiety, trouble, ordeal, woe' (KT 2578) |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Komi | |
Lexeme | тшыгöм | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | кöмыс тшыгöм меным, юбкаыс тшыгöмджык 'these shoes are too narrow for me, the skirt is somewhat narrow' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hard, difficult | тшыгöм вояс, тшыгöм лои овны 'hard years, life has become hard' |
Reference | ||
Comment | КомиРС 666 |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Norwegian | |
Lexeme | trang | |
Meaning 1 | tight | trange bukser 'tight trousers' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | difficult | trange kår 'difficult living conditions' |
Reference | BO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Danish | |
Lexeme | trang | |
Meaning 1 | tight | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | difficult | trange kår; trange tider 'difficult living conditions; hard times' |
Reference | DDO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swedish | |
Lexeme | trang | |
Meaning 1 | tight | skorna var för trånga 'the shoes were too tight' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | difficult | de sitter så trångt att de inte kan betala räkningarna 'they are in such a difficult situation that they cannot pay the bills' |
Reference | SAO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Icelandic | |
Lexeme | þröngur | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, close | þröngur gangur 'a narrow passage' |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | difficult | fjárhagur fyrirtækisins er þröngur núna 'the firm is in a diffucult economic situation now' |
Reference | ISLEX | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme 1 | ku dog (ཀུ་དོག་) | |
Lexeme 2 | ku dog ( (ཀུ་དོག་) | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, tight | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | deficiency, shortage | |
Reference | Ives Waldo | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Batsbi | |
Lexeme | koṭჾĩ | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hard. heavy (about life) | |
Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 384 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 18 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | dar | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | difficult, restricted, in hard circumstances | |
Reference | Baskakov 1977: 209 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 19 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Veps | |
Lexeme | ahtaz | |
Meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | difficult | |
Reference | Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 22 | |
Comment |