evil spirit
→
<curse: bad person>
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | fanden | |
| meaning 1 | devil, Satan | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (vulgar) the hell, the devil (used with an interrogative or relative adverb) | Hvordan fanden gjorde du det? How the hell did you do that? |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | hiisi | |
| meaning 1 | (mythology, folklore) devil, demon (malicious creature) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | damn, heck, hell, rats or crap | Mitä hittoa sinä täällä teet? What the heck are you doing here? |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | saatana | |
| meaning 1 | devil, Satan | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dang, darn, damn, blimey, drat (a mild curse) | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lithuanian | |
| lexeme | vélnias | |
| meaning 1 | devil, demon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | swear word | |
| reference | LRŽ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | ad | |
| meaning 1 | evil spirit | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | bad person, scoundrel; scumbag, asshole | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | faen | |
| meaning 1 | devil, Satan | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (interjection) damn, shit, hell, fuck | |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | when designating Satan, the Devil, the long form fanden is preferred Bokmål and Nynorsk |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | fan | |
| meaning 1 | devil, Satan | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (swear word, sometimes followed by också or preceded by va or vad) damn | Fan (också)! Jag glömde nycklarna. Damn! I forgot my keys. |
| reference | SAOB English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | ifrit | |
| meaning 1 | evil spirit | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bad person, monster | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 430 | |
| comment | ||