Squark comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Squark 09 March 2014 09:06:35PM *  4 points [-]

Hebrew: רהיט s(2), כסא s(2), כורסה s(2 - closer to "armchair")

Russian: мебель (2), стул (1), кресло (2 - closer to "armchair")

Notes:

  • Modern Hebrew was strongly affected by its artificial revival due to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda so it might violate "evolutionary" laws.

  • The Hebrew word for "furniture" I wrote is singular i.e. corresponds to "a piece of furniture" in English. Plural is רהיטים which has 3 syllables.

  • In both languages I don't know a word for "recliner" as opposed to "armchair". It is probably possible to use some 2 word combination like in Slovak.