to sharpen
→
to set bounds
1 realization
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | حدّ ḥadda | |
| Meaning 1 | to sharpen, to hone (a knife, a sword with a stone or file) | استحدّ (X-stem) to sharpen a razor |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to delimit, to set bounds استحدّ | حَدَّ
شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ He distinguished (separated by a mark or a note) one thing from another (e.g. a house from adjacent territories). |
| Reference | Wehr: 187 Lane: 525 | |
| Comment | Cf. also ḥadd- 'limit; (fig.) restriction ' (Wehr:187). |
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Via the intermediate stage 'to distinguish', see https://datsemshift.ru/shift8167.