arrow
→
luck
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language 1 | Akkadian | |
| language 2 | Ugaritic | |
| lexeme 1 | uṣṣu/ūṣu | |
| lexeme 2 | ḥṯ̣t | |
| meaning 1 | arrow | tilpānī u uṣṣī tillī unūt tāhazi (OIP 2, 60: 57) bows and arrows, equipment, battle gear |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | happy, lucky | |
| reference | CAD: U/W 289 DUL: 383 | |
| comment | Two related roots: PS *ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣ 'arrow' (HALOT 342; CDG 247; Kogan 2015: 327), and PWS *ḥṯ̣ṯ̣ 'to be lucky' (Kogan 2015: 327). |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme 1 | ḥeṣ | |
| lexeme 2 | حظّ ḥaḏ̣ḏ̣- | |
| meaning 1 | arrow | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ רֻ֗ץ מְצָ֥א נָא֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מוֹרֶ֑ה wa-yyōˀmär lə-naˁărō ruṣ məṣā' nā' äṯ-ha-ḥiṣṣīm ˀăšär ānōkī mōrǟ And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fortune | لعن الحظّ laˁana l-ḥaḏ̣ḏ̣-a to curse one's fate |
| reference | Lane: 595, 596 HALOT: 342 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | سَهْم sahm- | |
| meaning 1 | arrow | انطلق كالسَهْم 'inṯ̣alaqa ka-s-sahmu He ran like an arrow. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lot, portion | كَانَ لَهُ سَهْمٌ مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ شَهِدَ أَوْ غَابَ kāna la-hu sahm-un min al-γanīm-at-i šahd-i 'aw γāba There was/is for him a share of the spoil whether he was/is present or absent. |
| reference | Lane: 1454 | |
| comment | ||