flood, deluge
→
disaster, catastrophe
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | cataclysm | |
| meaning 1 | great flood | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sudden, violent event | Judging by the sedimentary composition of the crust, it appears that Altaaya once possessed an atmosphere thick enough to support some form of liquid. What cataclysm stripped the atmosphere and left the planet to freeze is not currently known |
| reference | English Wiktionary OED | |
| comment | From French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός 'deluge, flood', from κατακλύζω 'to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate' | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sumerian | |
| lexeme | amaruk | |
| meaning 1 | devastating flood, the mythical Deluge | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | emergency, urgent situation | amaruk-am It's urgent! (literally, “It's like flood water!”) |
| reference | ePSD2 | |
| comment | ||