bad
↔
lean, thin (of a person)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1890 | correct, right | → | fat (adj., of a person) | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ġaṯṯa | |
| meaning 1 | to be bad | ġaṯṯat ʕalaynā makkat-un fa-lā budda lanā min ḫurūğ-in Mekka has become unpleasing to us, so that there is for us no avoiding going forth. |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to be lean, meagre | ġaṯṯa baʕīrī ṯumma ġaṯṯaṯa My camel became lean, then he became somewhat fat. |
| reference | Lane: 2229 BK: II 435 | |
| comment | Meaning B is cited as primary. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | худой | |
| lexeme 2 | худой | |
| meaning 1 | bad | худой мир лучше доброй ссоры things look bad |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | thin | худой мальчик a thin boy |
| reference | MAS: IV, 630 | |
| comment | The meaning 'bad' is updated; it persists only in the idiomatic expressions, cf на худой конец. Cf. the noun худо: Нет худа без добра |
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