to fall asleep
→
to die
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2011 | to rest | → | to die | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | noma | |
| Meaning 1 | 'sleep' | ʔi-nənum ʔallā nənḳāh; 'let us not sleep, but let us be awake!'; |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'die' | ʔəlla nomu krəstiyān ṣādəḳān 'the righteous Cristians that died' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LGz. 409; LLA 670 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | entschlafen | |
| Meaning 1 | fall asleep | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | pass away | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | sovne | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall asleep | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to die, pass away | sovne inn to die |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Slavonic | |
| Lexeme | ѹcънѫти | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall asleep | въздрѣьа сѧ и ѹсънѫ малы |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to die, to pass away | богъ пльтиѭ и ѹсьпе |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Ст.-слав.сл. 749. Cf. Also the Rus. Усопший (Late, dead). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | a adormi | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall aspleep | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to die (fig.) | |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Comment | DRRS 1, 39, DEX98 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | počivat' | |
| Lexeme 2 | počit' | |
| Meaning 1 | to sleep, to repose | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to pass away | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | somna in | |
| Meaning 1 | fall asleep | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | pass away | |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | hab | |
| Meaning 1 | dream (in a sleep) | gaflet hab deep sleep |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | death (metaphorical) | habi adem eternal dream (=death) |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 371 | |
| Comment | ||