to swallow
→
to restrain, control one’s feelings
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
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| type | Motivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | بَلَعَ balaˁa | |
| lexeme 2 | بَلَعَ balaˁa | |
| meaning 1 | to swallow (spittle, water or food) | بَلَعَ الطَّعَامَ (balaˁa ṭ-ṭaˁām-a) He swallowed the food (means, without chewing it). |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to restrain (anger, etc.) | (prov.) لَا يَصْلُحُ رَفِيقًا مِنْ لمْ يَبْتَلِعْ رِيقًا (lā yaṣluhu rafīq-an min lam yabtaliˁ rīq-an); اِبْتَلَعَ رِيقَه (ˀibtalaˁa rīqa-hu) He is not suitable, or fit, for being a companion who does not swallow his spittle (means, who does not restrain his anger); He swallowed his saliva (means, he restrained his anger). |
| reference | Lane: 250, 1203 | |
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