bad
↔
evil (adj.)
31 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 391 | good | → | kind, good-hearted | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 5215) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | mauvais | |
| meaning 1 | bad | mauvaise mémoire bad memory |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil | mauvaise nature evil nature |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | (Gak 1997b: 49) | |
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 52681) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ga | |
| lexeme | fɔŋ | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wicked | |
| reference | Kropp Dakubu 2009: 72 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 3681) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | das Böse | |
| lexeme 2 | böse | |
| meaning 1 | bad | Gut und Böse good and evil |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | angry, wicked | ein böser Hund angry dog |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 13056) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Haisla | |
| lexeme | y̍ak | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Fortescue 2007: 373-374 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 13057) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Heiltsuk | |
| lexeme | y̍ák | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Fortescue 2005: 373-374 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 12526) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | rossz | |
| meaning 1 | bad | rossz bor bad wine |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | rossz ember; rossz természet a bad person; evil nature |
| reference | MEK 1978: 1179 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 5703) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | cattivo | |
| meaning 1 | bad | una cattiva azione bad act |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wicked | la matrigna cattiva wicked stepmother |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 (ID: 39134) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi-Permyak | |
| lexeme | лёк | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1307600 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 13054) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kwakw’ala | |
| lexeme | y̍ak | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Fortescue 2007: 373-374 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 (ID: 47997) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nheengatu | |
| lexeme | puxí, puxiwera | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Avila 2021: 650-651 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 4401) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| language 2 | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | зълыи | |
| lexeme 2 | злой | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wicked, angry | злая собака a wicked dog |
| reference | Sreznevskij: I, 1007 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 13055) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oowekyala | |
| lexeme | y̍ak | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Fortescue 2007: 373-374 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 (ID: 48878) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rengao | |
| lexeme | ʹmĕ̀ | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 172 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 (ID: 34339) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | rău | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil | |
| reference | Румынско-русский словарь 1954 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 1472) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | kaṣṭa | |
| meaning 1 | bad, ill, wrong | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW266, Кочергина 156 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 2092) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | dúṣkṛta | |
| meaning 1 | wrongly or wickedly done , badly arranged or organized or applied | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil action , sin , guilt | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW487 | |
| NEW Realization 24 (ID: 52278) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | зао (zao) | |
| meaning 1 | bad | зли политичари, зла земља bad (incompetent) politicians, bad land |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | зла жена, зао поглед evil woman, evil look |
| reference | РСЈ: 405 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 29 (ID: 27485) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udihe | |
| lexeme | гэ̂ | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 279 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 30 (ID: 12572) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udmurt | |
| lexeme | урод | |
| meaning 1 | bad | урод куазь "плохая погода" bad weather |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | урод мурт "злой человек" evil person |
| reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 31 (ID: 24049) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Zulu | |
| lexeme | -bi | |
| meaning 1 | bad | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | evil (adj.) | |
| reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 23 | |
| comment | ||