empty
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vain, in vain
17 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κενός | |
| meaning 1 | empty | κενός τάφος empty tomb |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vain | κεναί ἐλπίδες vain hopes |
| reference | LSJ Dvoreckij 1958 | |
| comment | (LJS 938) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | p‘uǰ (փուջ) | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | useless | p‘uǰ p‘arvac (փուջ փարված) usless throw (in ball games) |
| reference | АрмРС | |
| comment | АрмРС 701 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | datark (դատարկ) | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | vain | |
| reference | АрмРС | |
| comment | АрмРС 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | prazan | |
| meaning 1 | empty | prazan sanduk empty crate |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | in vain | u prazno govoriti, pucati to talk, to shoot in vain |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme 1 | bakk | |
| lexeme 2 | bakk, bakka | |
| meaning 1 | empty | kʷəllu kəbabu bakk Hen. 73:5: 'its entire disc is empty' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | vain; in vain | nagara bakk Hen. 49:4: 'vain word' |
| reference | ||
| comment | LLA 523 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | kuuna (空な) | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | purposeless, vane | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БЯРС 503. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | бослук | |
| meaning 1 | emptyness | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | futility | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. also боска 'in vain'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurdish | |
| lexeme | bōš | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | vain | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Цаболов I, 208 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | vanus | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vain | vana preces vain prayer |
| reference | Dvoreckij 1976: 1056 Glare | |
| comment | (Glare 2010) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | lóu | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | useless, bad | |
| reference | ||
| comment | БКРС 15357 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old East Slavic | |
| lexeme | тъщий | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | vain | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The same in Pol. Czczy. Cf. Russ. тщетно 'in vain' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | deşert | |
| meaning 1 | empty | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vain | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | DEX98, DRRS 1, 677-688 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | пустой (pustoj) | |
| meaning 1 | empty | пустой дом empty house |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | vain | пустые страхи vain fears |
| reference | <personally collected data> NRC | |
| comment | Rusian Borrowing in Yakut бостуой 'in vain' (YaRS 76). Cf. Russian попусту, впустую 'in vain'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | празан (prazan) | |
| meaning 1 | empty | празна кеса, празни папир empty bag, empty paper |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | meaningless | празне речи meaningless words |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 996 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | sbun-gder | |
| meaning 1 | senseless, meaningless | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | empty, hollow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Рерих VI, 350. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udi | |
| lexeme | amcːi | |
| meaning 1 | empty | амцIи къав empty vessel |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | senseless, absurd | амцIи ехтилаьт meaningless talk |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. also амциI-амцIи 'in vain', амц1и бесун (= to make empty) '1. to unload, to liberate (cart, home), 2. to quarrel, to argue' (Gukasjan 1974: 44). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | кѳҥдѳй | |
| meaning 1 | empty | кѳҥдѳй туруупка an empty pipe |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | useless | кѳҥдѳй ороскуот wasted money |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 178. Или это схожий переход полый - напрасный ? | |
Вероятно, курдский пример - тюркизм.