dislexify en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + lexify.
Meanings
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To distinguish different meanings using separate words, as opposed to colexifying them with a single polysemous word
A language dislexifies two senses if it must express them using different lexical forms. Thus, Spanish dislexifies the two senses ‘wood as material’ (madera) and ‘firewood’ (leña). […] In sum, the two senses in question are dislexified in Spanish, but colexified in English. […] A language may dislexify two senses at a certain point in history, but its descendant may colexify them, or vice versa.
2022 June 9, Alexandre François, “Lexical tectonics: Mapping structural change in patterns of lexification”, in Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, page 95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dislexified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dislexified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dislexifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dislexifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |