evil (adj.)
→
very, of high degree
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Aghul | |
| lexeme 1 | Iайеф (ʡajef) | |
| lexeme 2 | Iайи (ʡajef) | |
| meaning 1 | wicked | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | very, extremely | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Sulejmanov 2003). The adverb Iайи derived from 'wicked, evil' is used as an intensifier 'fast, strong; very'. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | лютый | |
| meaning 1 | wicked, evil, fierce | лютые звери, лютый разбойник fierce beasts, fierce robber |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very, of high degree | лютая злоба, лютая ненависть, лютые морозы, лютый ураган great anger, great hatred, severe frosts, strong hurricane |
| reference | BTS: 511 | |
| comment | ||