fool
→
to deceive
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme 1 | פָּתָה pāṯā | |
| lexeme 2 | פִּתָּה pittā (pi'el.-stem) | |
| meaning 1 | to be fool, gullible (one who is easy to seduce, simple person) | kī läˀä̆wīl yahărāḡ kāˁas wū-p̄ōṯǟ tāmīm qinˀā (Job
5:2) For
wrath killed the foolish man, and envy slayed he
silly one. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to persuade (with hypocritical suggestions); to seduce, to entice | wa-yәhī bā-yyōm ha-ššәbīˁī wa-yyō(ˀ)mәrū lә-ˀǟšät šimšōn pattī ˀät-ˀīšǟḵ wa-yyaggäḏ lānū ˀät-ha-ḥīḏā (Ju 14:15) And on the seventh day they said to Samson's wife: "Entice your husband, that he will declare us the riddle <...>." |
| reference | HALOT: root 7801 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | дурак | |
| lexeme 2 | дурить | |
| meaning 1 | fool | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to make a fool | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
Non-trivial semantic shift