False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bosnian ‘lijen’
The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘lijen’:
- lazy
The database has information related to this term for Croatian, Polish, Russian and Serbian.
Bosnian ‘lijen’:
- The Bosnian meaning ‘lazy’ is shared by Croatian lijen, Serbian лен and Serbian лењ.
- The meaning ‘idler, do-nothing’ (not present in Bosnian ‘lijen’, translated as ‘lijenština’) is attested in Polish leń.
- The meaning ‘laziness’ (not present in Bosnian ‘lijen’, translated as ‘lijenost’) is attested in Russian лень.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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Semasiological Map for len
          len
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Meanings:  ‘idler, do-nothing’ ‘laziness’ ‘lazy’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | idler, do-nothing | laziness | lazy |
