False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bosnian ‘je’
The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘je’:
- is (to be)
The database has information related to this term for Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian and Serbian.
Bosnian ‘je’:
- The Bosnian meaning ‘is (to be)’ is shared by Croatian je and Serbian је.
- The meaning ‘to eat’ (not present in Bosnian ‘je’, translated as ‘jede’) is attested in Polish je and Russian ел.
- The meaning ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ (not present in Bosnian ‘je’) is attested in Czech jeti and Czech jel.
- The meaning ‘to have sex vulg.’ (not present in Bosnian ‘je’) is attested in Russian ети and Russian еть.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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Meanings:  ‘is (to be)’ ‘to eat’ ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ ‘to have sex vulg.’ no such word no information yet
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| is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. | |
| Russian еть | + | |||
| Russian ел | + ate/eaten | |||
| Polish je | + eats | |||
| Czech jeti | + | |||
| Czech jel | + drove/driven, rode/ridden, went/gone | |||
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| Serbian је | + | |||
| Meanings | is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. |
