grain, seed descendant 13 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme zēru
meaning 1 seed (of cereals and other plants) ŠE.NUMUN (zēram) u ŠA.GÁL ša erēši šūbilam (YOS 2 126:11 letter)
send me the seed and the fodder for the plowing
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meaning 2 male descendant(s) šumšu NUMUN-šú (zērūšu) KUR (mātam) Aššur libēlū (ABL 614 r.7 Neo-Assyrian)
may his son (lit. his name) and descendants rule Assyria
reference CAD: z 89-94 AHw.: 1521
comment From the Proto-Semitic root *ḏarˀ-, *ḏarˁ, *zarˁ- - seed (cf. CDG 642; Fronzaroli 1969: 9–10, 26, 33; Kogan 2011: 200).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme σπόρος
meaning 1 seed
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meaning 2 offspring
reference LSJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme σπέρμα
meaning 1 seed
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meaning 2 (poetic) offspring καὶ ἀναλαβόντες τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτῆσιν, ἣν ἐκτήσαντο ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, εἰσῆλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον, Ἰακὼβ καὶ πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, υἱοὶ καὶ υἱοὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, θυγατέρες καὶ θυγατέρες τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ· καὶ πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἤγαγεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον. (Genesis 46.6-7)
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
reference LSJ
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme zäraˁ
meaning 1 seed
direction
meaning 2 offspring, descendants
reference HALAT: 282
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Classical Armenian
lexeme sermn (սերմն)
meaning 1 grain, seed
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meaning 2 (figuratively) progeny, race, descendants
reference Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme mag
meaning 1 grain, seed

kicsírázik a mag, magról kelt növény


the seed germinates, a plant grows from a seed

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meaning 2 descendant

[Az anya] inkább eltaposni engedte volna magát, mint hogy az ő magva visszahulljon abba a sárba és sötétségbe, aminek az ura világát tekintette. (Móricz Zsigmond)


[The mother] would rather have allowed herself to be trampled than have her descendant (literally: seed) fall back into the mud and darkness that its master considered his world. (Zsigmond Móricz)

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme урлукъ
meaning 1 seed; sowing
meaning 2 children, posterity
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme zhǒngzi, zhǒngzǐ (種子, 种子)
meaning 1 grain, seed
direction
meaning 2 (archaic, often derogatory) seed; offspring; descendant; son
reference English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme урлык
meaning 1 seed, seeds (for sowing)
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meaning 2 descendant Ватыже лекарьын ӱдыржӧ, шкеже учитыл эрге улмаш. Икманаш, коктынат интеллигент урлык лийыныт. (Валентин Косоротов)
His wife was the daughter of a doctor, he himself was the son of a teacher. In a word, both were descendants of intellectuals.
reference Marij jylme muter
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme ür
meaning 1 grain, seed
direction
meaning 2 descendant
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
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NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme семе (seme)
meaning 1 grain, seed

семе пшенице, семе детелине


wheat seeds, clover seeds

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meaning 2 descendants, offsprings, progeny

Семе му се затрло.


His descendants were defeated.

reference РСЈ: 1212
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NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme numun
meaning 1 seed
direction
meaning 2 offspring, progeny
reference ePSD2
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NEW Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Syriac
lexeme zarˁā
meaning 1 seed; sowing
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meaning 2 offspring, family
reference LSyr.: 207 SL: 400
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