flat (adj)
→
simple
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | afeles | |
| Meaning 1 | flat, smooth | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | simple, easy | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | basīṭ- | |
| Meaning 1 | expanded and even, wide, spacious | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | simple | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (BK I 126; Lane 204) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | sahl- | |
| Meaning 1 | smooth, plain or level | ʔarḍ- sahlat- ‘plain or level tract of land’ |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | easy | sahl-u l-maḳādat-i ‘easy to be led’ |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 1453). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | French | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme | plain | |
| Meaning 1 | flat, even | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | simple, common | in plain words |
| Reference | : The meaning of the French word has become obsolete. | |
| Comment | ||