cold
→
disgusting
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | жихүүцэл | |
| meaning 1 | chills, cold | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dislike, distaste | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | мороз, морозный (moroz, moroznyj) | |
| lexeme 2 | мразь, мерзкий (mraz', merzkij) | |
| meaning 1 | cold | a. Два градуса мороза. 'It is minus two C.' b. Из теплой избы выйти на мороз. 'To go out of the warm house into the cold.' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | shit, nullity (person) | a. Этакая мразь, а туда же лезет! 'What a crud, but wants to get there too!' b. Всякая мразь сюда суется. 'All sorts of cruds are coming here.' |
| reference | Fasmer 1986 | |
| comment | Accroding to Vasmer, мороз "связано чередованием гласных с мерзкий, мёрзнуть (is related to мерзкий (disgusting), мёрзнуть (to freeze)) via vowel alternations)." | |