2. far / distant — At a great distance away, remote or far off in space, describing geographic or relational remoteness rather than linear extent. Multilingual evidence distinguishes this from the 'long' sense: eng 'far/afar,' spa 'lejano/lejos,' hin duur (दूर, far/distant), arb ba'iid (بَعِيد, far/remote), kor meon (먼, distant), swa 'mbali/ya-mbali' (far). These consistently use distance/remoteness vocabulary rather than length vocabulary. 3×
AR["بَعيدَةٍ","بَعِيدٍ","بَعِيدَةٍ"]·ben["দূরে"]·DE["μακράν","μακρὰν"]·EN["afar","far"]·FR["long"]·heb["רְחוֹקָה","רָחוֹק"]·HI["-परमेश्वर","दूर"]·ID["jauh","kejauhan,"]·IT["lungo"]·jav["ingkang-tebih,","tebih,"]·KO["먼","예수"]·PT["distante","longe"]·RU["дальнем,","далёкую"]·ES["lejana","lejano","lejos"]·SW["mbali","ya-mbali"]·TR["-o","uzak"]·urd["دور","دُور"]
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Senses
1. long (in extent or duration) — Extended in length or duration, describing things that are physically or temporally long, such as long prayers or long distances traversed. Multilingual evidence distinguishes this from the 'far' sense: eng 'long,' spa 'largamente,' hin lambii (लम्बी, long), arb tawiil (طَويل, long/extended), kor gilge (길게, long), swa 'ndefu' (long). These consistently use length/duration vocabulary rather than distance vocabulary. 3×
AR["طَويلًا"]·ben["এরা","দীর্ঘ"]·DE["lang","μακρὰ"]·EN["long"]·FR["long"]·heb["אֲרֻכָּה","אֲרֻכֹת"]·HI["लम्बी"]·ID["panjang","panjang-panjang"]·IT["lungo"]·jav["dangu","dawa","panjang"]·KO["길게"]·PT["longas"]·RU["долго"]·ES["largamente"]·SW["maombi-marefu","mkisali","ndefu"]·TR["uzun"]·urd["لمبی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μακρός, ά, όν [ᾰ by nature], long, whether of Space or Time, __I of Space, __I.1 in length, long, δόρυ Refs 8th c.BC+; νέες, νῆες μ. ships of war, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τὰ -ότερα measured by the longer sides, i. e. length-wise, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μ. τείχη the long walls of Athens, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ μακρά (i.e. γραμμή), line traced by δικασταί to indicate the heavier penalty, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ μ.…