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) (ˀistaḥadda) to sharpen a razor |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to delimit, to set bounds استحدّ | حَدَّ شَيْئًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِ (ḥadda šayˀān min γayri-hi) 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.