net (n.) retina 11 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Armenian
Lexeme 1 cʿancʿ (ցանց)
Lexeme 2 cʿancʿeni (ցանցենի)
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 (rare) retina
Reference Galstjan 1984
Comment Also cʿancʿatʿałantʿ (ցանցաթաղանթ) 'retina' from cʿancʿ (ցանց) + tʿałantʿ (թաղանթ) 'film, membrane'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Croatian
Lexeme 1 mreža
Lexeme 2 mrežnica
Meaning 1 net, toils, network ribarska mreža
fishing net
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Czech
Lexeme 1 síť
Lexeme 2 sítnice
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference SSJČ
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Finnish
Lexeme 1 verkko
Lexeme 2 verkkokalvo
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007
Comment kalvo 'membrane'
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Latvian
Lexeme 1 tīkls
Lexeme 2 tīklene
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Derivation
Language Macedonian
Lexeme 1 мрежа
Lexeme 2 мрежница
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Derivation
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme 1 网 (wǎng)
Lexeme 2 视网膜 (shìwǎngmó)
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina ("vision-net-membrane")
Reference BKRS
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Medieval Latin
Lexeme 1 rete
Lexeme 2 retina
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference Harper's Etymonline
Comment ellipsis of tunica rētīna 'net-like tunic', used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye. The phrase is attested in the 12th century in Gerard of Cremona — the latter may have created this phrase as a translation for Arabic طَبَقَة شَبَكِيَّة‎ (ṭabaqa šabakiyya) 'net-like' layer", which translates Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής χῐτών
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Derivation
Language Polish
Lexeme 1 siatka
Lexeme 2 siatkówka
Meaning 1 diminutive of sieć 'net'
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference WSJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 сеть
Lexeme 2 сетчатка
Meaning 1 net, toils, network
Direction
Meaning 2 retina
Reference BTS
Comment сеть → сетчатый → сетчатка
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Serbian
Lexeme 1 мрежа (mreža)
Lexeme 2 мрежњача (mrežnjača)
Meaning 1 net, toils, network паукова мрежа
spider web
Direction
Meaning 2 retina Vitamin A je gradivni element mrežnjače, esencijalnog dela našeg oka, koje igra nezamenljivu ulogu u procesu percepcije svetla.
Vitamin A is a constructional element of retina, significant part of our eyes which plays important part in the process of light perception.
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 736-737
Comment Example for meaning 2: CLARIN.SI