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| Meaning | Word | Language |
|---|---|---|
| in order to, so as to | per a | Catalan |
| grinding stone | pietra per affilare | Italian |
| grinding stone | pietra per affilare | Old Italian |
| by accident | per accident | Catalan |
| every other day | dia per altre | Catalan |
| for now | per ara | Catalan |
| for now | per adesso | Italian |
| for now | per ara | Occitan |
| par excellence | per antonomàsia | Catalan |
| hither | per aquí | Catalan |
| to overlook; skip, forgo | passar per alt | Catalan |
| to overlook; skip, forgo | passar per alt | Catalan |
| to overlook; skip, forgo | passar per alt | Esperanto |
| to burst into tears | romper a llorar | Spanish |
| to overlook; skip, forgo | passar per alt | Faroese |
| to overlook; skip, forgo | passar per alt | Dutch |
| for | OCS 'za' attested; extremely well preserved across the whole family | Split 2026-07-22: this Concept ID now represents only the benefactive sense 'for'; the spatial 'behind' sense moved to Z-0857, linked via REL-000303. Same lexeme 'за/za' realizes both senses (polysemy, per A-0001 precedent). | Arabic Transliteration |
| behind | Split from Z-0001 2026-07-22 per Administrator-approved Concept split: 'behind' (spatial) is a distinct concept from 'for' (benefactive), though realized by the same Slavic lexeme 'за/za' in every attested language (RU/UK/BE/PL/CS/SK/BG/ISL/OCS all identical, zero divergence). Linked to Z-0001 via REL-000303 (polysemy, not semantic identity). | Arabic Transliteration |