dark (adj.)
→
incomprehensible
14 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 67 | light, bright, clear | → | comprehensible | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Akkadian | |
| language 2 | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | ekēlu | |
| lexeme 2 | ḥakala, ʔaḥkala | |
| meaning 1 | to be dark | šumma UD.DA Sin magal eklet if the moon's appearance is very dark |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be dark, unclear | ʔaḥkala ʕalayya l-ḫabar-u the news were obscure to me |
| reference | CAD: e 64 BK: I 470 Lane: 616 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | חָשֹׁךְ ḥăšōḵ | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | ḥāšaḵ ha-ššämäš bǝ-ṣē(ˀ)ṯō wǝ-yārēaḥ lō(ˀ) yaggīah ˀōrō (Isa 13:10) The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shed its light. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obscure (fig.), insignificant, low | ḥazīṯā ˀīš māhīr bi-mla(ˀ)ḵtō li-p̄nē-mǝlāḵīm yiṯaṣṣāḇ bal-yiṯaṣṣēḇ li-p̄nē-ḥăšukīm (Pro 22:29) Did you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings. He shall not stand before obscure (mean) men. |
| reference | HALOT: root 3312 BDB: 2823 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | mut(h) | |
| meaning 1 | dark | |
| meaning 2 | incomprehensible | |
| reference | ||
| comment | АрмРС 485 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | obscure | |
| meaning 1 | dark (OERD 1003] | |
| meaning 2 | unclear, vague | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | opaque | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | incomprehensible | |
| reference | Sweetser 1990: 40 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | murky | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | incomprehensible | |
| reference | Sweetser 1990: 40 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | muddy | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | incomprehensible | |
| reference | Sweetser 1990: 40 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | obscur | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | une ruelle obscure a dark alley |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | difficult to understand | un texte obscur an incomprehensible text |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | dunkel | |
| meaning 1 | dark | in dunkler Nacht in the dark night |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | unclear, vague | eine dunkle Textstelle obscure place in the text |
| reference | Duden: 880 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | àiài (叆叇) | |
| meaning 1 | dark (about clouds) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | unclear, vague | |
| reference | BKRS: 10857 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nganasan | |
| lexeme | хойминтiə | |
| meaning 1 | dark | |
| meaning 2 | unknown | |
| reference | ||
| comment | НМС 3201 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | temnyj | |
| meaning 1 | dark | темная комната; темные тона dark room, shadow tones |
| meaning 2 | unclear | темный смысл obscure sense |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | таман (taman) | |
| meaning 1 | dark (adj.) | тамна ноћ dark night |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | incomprehensible | реч тамног постања word of unclear origin |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1301 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | karanlık | |
| meaning 1 | darkness | karanlıkta çalışılmaz it's impossible to work in the darkness |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unclear | mesele karanlakını muhafaza ediyor the questin is still unclear. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 513 | |
| comment | ||