left
—
North
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Breton | |
| Lexeme | kleiz | |
| Meaning 1 | left | |
| Meaning 2 | northern | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Мурадова | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | šaʔmat- | |
| Lexeme 2 | šaʔm- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'left; left side' | ḳaʕada šaʔmat-an he sat on the left |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'Syria; northern region' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 1400; cf. also šāmiyy- 'Syrian; Northern' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | šimāl- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'left' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'north wind' | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 1600-1601; cf. Modern Written Arabic šimāl- 'north' (Wehr 569) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | شمال šemāl | |
| Meaning 1 | North; northern wind | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | left; left side | |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 2, 113 | |
| Comment | ПРС 516. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Irish | |
| Lexeme | túath | |
| Meaning 1 | left | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | North | |
| Reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | uttaratas | |
| Meaning 1 | northbound | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to the left | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | These all are derivatives from the word uttara 'northern', but the word itself does not mean 'left' (А может у Кочергиной не записано). - ИГ | |