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| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 12657) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Abaza | |
| lexeme | айша (ajʃa) | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | фачIв айша зымфас ацха ахъагIара гьидырам / fatʃ’ ajʃa zəmfas at͡sχa aqaʕara ɡʲjəjdəram one who has not had bitter food does not know the sweetness of honey (proverb) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fig. sorrowful | ажва щардала йукъакърыквын йайшахитI / aʒa ɕardala jwq’aq’rəkʷən jajʃaχjəjt’ if you repeat a word many times it becomes bitter |
| reference | Tugov 1967 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 29245) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | горчив | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | горчиво лекарство bitter medicine |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | горчива истина, горчив опит sad truth, painful experience |
| reference | Bernštejn 1966: 95 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 28964) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | gorak | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 11035) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | bitter | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | bitre mandler bitter mandels |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful, disappointed | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 4609) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | bitter | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | Taste proper comprehends sweet and bitter tastes |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sad | bitter grief; bitter tears |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | 'bitter' is a common intensificator, bitter cold. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 29744) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Erzya | |
| lexeme | чапамо | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | чапамо кшумань; чапамо вина bitter radish; bitter wine |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | сонзэ саизе чапамо рискс he was seized with bitter anguish |
| reference | Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 738 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 971) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | تلخی talxi | |
| meaning 1 | bitterness | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | grief, affliction | |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 393 | |
| comment | ПРС 213. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 11033) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | amer | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | Charles, ayant goûté son café, le trouva trop amer Having tasted his coffee, Charles found it too bitter |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful | amers regrets sorrowful regret |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 29698) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gagauz | |
| lexeme | acı | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | acılanmaa 'to become bitter', 'to be sad' Gagauzça-rusça-romınca sözlük = Гагаузско-русско-румынский словарь = Dicţionar găgăuz-rus-român / Fundaţia pentru susţinerea şi dezvoltarea ştiinţei şi culturii găgăuzilor "CAINAC"; alcăt. P. Cebotari, I. Dron. - Ch.: PONTOS, 2002 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 4607) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | marir | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | marira kona mes (Jes. 24:9) the honey got bitter |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sad | la-mənt ṣarāḫka ḫabeya ṣərāḫa marira wa-bəkaya (Hen. 65:5) Why did you cry out to me with a sad wail and weeping? |
| reference | CDG: 360 | |
| comment | A common Semitic root, in nearly all Semitic languages it combines both meanings A and B. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 35295) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | bitter | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 12383) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | keserű | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | keserű orvosság bitter medicine |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful | keserű sírás bitter tears |
| reference | Гальди 1974: 366 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 11037) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | bitur | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | hún sagði þetta bitrum rómi she said it in a sad voice |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 33889) | ||
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| type | Derivation | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme 1 | әмчʼлаӽ | |
| lexeme 2 | әмчʼәмчʼ | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grief, sorrow | |
| reference | PIRS: 312 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 30711) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | курыд | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | вомын курыд bitter in the mouth |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad, hurtful, offensive | курыд синва bitter tears |
| reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 39106) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi-Permyak | |
| lexeme | курыт | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1306996 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 40459) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | туъкъуълвал | |
| meaning 1 | bitterness | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grief, sorrow; woe | |
| reference | LezgRus | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 11034) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | bitter | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | bitre mandler bitter mandels |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful, disappointed | bli bitter av all motgangen to become sorrowful because of all the misfortune |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 34221) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | amar | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sad | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 4608) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | горечь | |
| meaning 1 | bitter taste | горечь полыни bitterness of wormwood |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grief, sadness | горечь утраты bitterness of loss |
| reference | MAS: I, 334 | |
| comment | The meaning 'bitter' derives from "burn". Cf. also горе 'grief' |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 41246) | ||
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| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | горький | |
| lexeme 2 | горе | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grief, sorrow | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 25 (ID: 41306) | ||
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| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | горький | |
| lexeme 2 | горе | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grief, sorrow | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 28963) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | горак (gorak) | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | горко пиће, горки лек, горка кора bitter drink, bitter medicine, bitter bark |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad, sorrowful | горки уздисај, горки вапаj, горке сузе sad sigh, sorrowful cry, sad tears |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 212 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 (ID: 40) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | uchungu | |
| meaning 1 | bitterness, bitter taste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | bitterness, pain, disappointment (fig.) | |
| reference | Polikanov | |
| comment | Also about physical pain - see 2498. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 11036) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | bitter | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | bitter choklad bitter chocolate |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful, angry | på sin ålderdom blev han alltmer bitter och isolerad in his old age he was becoming more and more bitter and lonely |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 31 (ID: 28417) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tatar | |
| lexeme | ачы | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | ачы дару bitter medicine |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | ачы минутлар bitter minutes |
| reference | Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 1, 150 Ganiev 1997: 114 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 32 (ID: 47121) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | acı | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | tadı acı olan bitter taste |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sad | acı haber sad news |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 21 Щербинин Краткий турецко-русский словарь. 1977: 14 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 33 (ID: 12571) | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udmurt | |
| lexeme | курыт | |
| meaning 1 | bitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sorrowful | курыт синкылиос "горькие слезы" |
| reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 34 (ID: 34911) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme | гіркість | |
| meaning 1 | bitter taste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sadness | |
| reference | Il'in 1971: 128 | |
| comment | Украинско-русский словарь, Ильин В.С. и др. Киев, 1990. С.128 |
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