light, bright, clear comprehensible 30 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme näṭṭärä
meaning 1 to be clarified, purified (butter, honey), to become clear (turbid liquid by filtering)
direction
meaning 2 to be revealed (by inquiry or investication), become known (affair), to be or become clear, obvious
reference AED: 1073
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme εὐαγής
meaning 1 clean (snow), clear (air) λευκῆς χιόνος εὐαγεῖς βολαῖ
clean flakes of white snow
direction
meaning 2 clear εὐαγέστερον γίγνεσθαι
become more understandable
reference LSJ
comment LSJ 705
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme parǰ
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 clear
reference
comment АрмРС 561
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme argi
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible
reference Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997: 13
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme wāḍiḥ-
meaning 1 bright, clear, uncovered
direction
meaning 2 obvious, evident, apparent

al-ˀamru wāḍiḥ-un


The matter is clear.

reference BK: 1553 Lane: 2947
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Classical Persian
lexeme روشن (rowshan)
meaning 1 light, clear روشن روز (rowshan ruz)
light day
direction
meaning 2 clear روشن مطلب (rowshan matlab)
clear question
reference Rubinčik 1970: 741
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Dagur
lexeme гэгээн
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible
reference Тумурдэй Цыбенов Краткий дагурско-русский словарь: 48
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme klar
meaning 1 light, bright klar stjerne
a bright star
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible klar melding
a clear message
reference DDO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme clear
meaning 1 light, clear (sky)
direction
meaning 2 clear
reference Sweetser 1990: 40
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme illuminate
meaning 1 to illuminate
direction
meaning 2 to make comprehensible
reference Sweetser 1990: 40
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme clair
meaning 1 light, bright appartement clair
a bright apartment
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible Son exposé a été très clair.
His report was very clear.
reference CNRTL
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme klar
meaning 1 clear, transparent klares Wasser
clear water
direction
meaning 2 clear alles klar
Everything is clear
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme világos
meaning 1 light, bright világos hajú
fair-haired
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible világos beszéd
comprehensible speech
reference Гальди 1974
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme йарыт-
meaning 1 to shine, to light
direction
meaning 2 to explain
reference
comment КРПС 236.
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Cognates
language Latin
lexeme lucidus
meaning 1 light, bright, shining
direction
meaning 2 clear, evident, vivid
reference
comment Glare 1021-1022
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme áiškus
meaning 1 light, clear áiškus dangùs
clear sky
direction
meaning 2 clear kláusimas áiškus
the question is clear
reference
comment LRŽ 20
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Malagasy
lexeme mazàva
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible
reference Korneev 1966: 576
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme 明 (míng)
meaning 1 light, bright, clear

明月 / míngyuè


bright moon

direction
meaning 2 comprehensible, obvious

明是你的错 / míng shì nǐ de cuò


It is clearly your mistake.

reference BKRS
comment
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme לְהָאִיר leha'ir
meaning 1 to shine, illuminate
direction
meaning 2 to explain
reference Подольский, Фридман 2002
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme klar
meaning 1 light, bright friske, klare farger
fresh, bright colours
direction
meaning 2 comprehensible en kort og klar definisjon
a short and clear definition
reference BO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme ясный (jasnyj)
meaning 1 light, clear ясная погода
fine weather
direction
meaning 2 clear, comprehensible ясное дело
It is all too clear
reference
comment Cf. Also the Rus. объяснить (explain); светить (to shine) -пролить свет на что-л. (to shed light on smth), просвещение (enlightenment), осветить (вопрос) (to cover (a question)).
ACCEPTED Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme viçada
meaning 1 "conspicuous" , bright , brilliant , shining , splendid , beautiful , white , spotless , pure
direction
meaning 2 clear , evident , manifest , intelligible
reference MW
comment MW 989, Кочергина 606
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme prakāçá
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 obvious
reference
comment Кочергина 409
ACCEPTED Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme claro
meaning 1 light, well lit
direction
meaning 2 clear
reference
comment Narumov 1995, 195
ACCEPTED Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme wa-le
meaning 1 clear
direction
meaning 2 clear
reference
comment Рерих VIII, 47.
ACCEPTED Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme nang-gsal
meaning 1 clear (lit. Clean inside)
direction
meaning 2 explanation
reference
comment Рерих V, 34.
ACCEPTED Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme aydın
meaning 1 light, clear
direction
meaning 2 clear (speech, handwriting)
reference
comment ТуРС 81.
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme ruşen
meaning 1 light, bright, gleaming
direction
meaning 2 obvious, clear
reference Baskakov 1977: 738
comment
NEW Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme tenevvür
meaning 1 shine, sparkle, glitter, illumination
direction
meaning 2 clarification
reference Baskakov 1977: 848
comment


ACCEPTED Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme дьэҥкэ
meaning 1 clear, clean 1) дьэҥкэ уу
1) clean water 2) fine day
direction
meaning 2 clear, evident бу боппуруос дьэҥкэ
This question is clear
reference
comment ЯРС 137.