narrow, close difficult 19 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Veps
Lexeme ahtaz
Meaning 1 narrow, close
Direction
Meaning 2 difficult
Reference Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 22
Comment