sweet (taste)
→
fresh (of water)
24 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | γλυκύς | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | γλυκὺ ὕδωρ fresh water |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | LSJ 352 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | kʻaġcʻraham (քաղցրահամ) | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (of water) fresh, sweet, not salty | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Azerbaijani | |
| lexeme | şirin | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | The word has been borrowed from Persian. | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | zoet | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
| reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | sweet | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh, insipid | sweet water fresh water |
| reference | ||
| comment | It is used along with 'fresh water' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | شیرین širin | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (water) | اب شیرین āb-e širin fresh water |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 126 | |
| comment | ПРС 13. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | makea | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water: without salt; not saline) | |
| reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | doux | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | Le miel est doux. Honey is sweet. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | eau douce fresh water |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | süß | |
| lexeme 2 | Süßwasser | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh water | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. the Swed. söt 'sweet', sötvatten 'fresh water' | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | ширӹ | |
| meaning 1 | (dated) sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
| reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | édes | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (of water) fresh (without salt; not saline) | édesvíz fresh water |
| reference | ||
| comment | Possibly a German calque. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | dulcis | |
| lexeme 2 | aqua dulcis | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sweet water | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 578 | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Macedonian | |
| lexeme 1 | сладок | |
| lexeme 2 | слатководен | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (relational) freshwater | |
| reference | DRMJ | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Meadow Mari | |
| lexeme | шере | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | Мӱкш ден ошымшӱлыш-влак шере мӱйым погат (Анатолий Айзенворт) Bees and bumblebees collect sweet honey |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
| reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | γλυκός | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | γλυκό νερό |
| reference | DSMG | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Hebrew | |
| lexeme | מָתוק māṯōq | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (water) | מַיִם מָתוקִים mayim māṯōqīm fresh water |
| reference | HAL: root no. 5869 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| lexeme | حُلْو ḥulw- | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | ʔat-tuffāḥ-u l-ḥulw-u sweet apples |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (water) | wa-faḳadat ʔahl-u l-ḳāhirat-i l-māʔ-a l-ḥulw-a wa-štadda bi-n-nās-i l-ʕaṭš-u bi-sabab-i ḏālika Cairo people had no more fresh (lit. sweet) water left, and because of that their thirst got stronger. |
| reference | Wehr: 237 | |
| comment | www.al-eman.com/Islamlib; www-duhaa.net/212.htm | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Church Slavonic | |
| lexeme | сладъкъ | |
| meaning 1 | ||
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | дьнесь моръскыѩ сланыѩ воды сладькы бываѭтъ | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Cf. Serb.-Cr. слатка вода 'fresh water' [Толстой 2001: 550]. | |
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | słodki | |
| lexeme 2 | słodkowodny | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (relational) freshwater | |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | dulce | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | apa dulce fresh water |
| reference | DRRS: 1, 750 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | dulce | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (of water) | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme 1 | söt | |
| lexeme 2 | sötvatten | |
| meaning 1 | sweet (taste) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fresh water | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | tatlı | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| meaning 2 | sweet water | |
| reference | ||
| comment | The same in Gagauz татлы су 'fresh water', татлы 'sweet'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkmen | |
| lexeme | süÿji | |
| meaning 1 | sweet | |
| meaning 2 | fresh (water) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||