short / brief
→
deficiency, lack
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | βραχύτης | |
| meaning 1 | shortness | βρᾰχύτης ζωῆς shortness of life |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | deficiency, lack | βρᾰχύτης γνώμης lack of knowledge |
| reference | Dvoreckij 1958 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | shortness | |
| meaning 1 | shortness | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | deficiency | shortness of breath |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | court | |
| meaning 1 | short (size) | des cheveux coupés court |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | deficiency | a. avoir le souffle court b. c'est un peu court a. shortness of breath b. this is not enough |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | corto | |
| meaning 1 | short | gonna corta short skirt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | deficiency, lack | essere a corto di qc to be lacking in something |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
Tagalog kapunin короткий недостаточный