False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘dvorec’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘dvorec’:
- palace
- mansion house
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘dvorec’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Slovenian meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Croatian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘palace’ is shared by Belarusian дварэц, Bosnian dvorac, Bulgarian дворец, Croatian dvorac, Macedonian дворец, Russian дворец and Serbian дворац.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘mansion house’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘castle’ (not present in Slovenian ‘dvorec’, translated as ‘grad’) is attested in Croatian dvorac.
- The meaning ‘yard’ (not present in Slovenian ‘dvorec’) is attested in Czech dvorec, Slovak dvorec and Lower Sorbian dwórcyk.
- The meaning ‘railway station’ (not present in Slovenian ‘dvorec’) is attested in Polish dworzec and Ukrainian двірець.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian I. дварэц | Meaning:
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Slovenian dvorec |
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Semasiological Map for *dvorьcь
                       *dvorьcь
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Meanings:  ‘palace’ ‘castle’ ‘yard’ ‘railway station’ ‘mansion house’ no such word no information yet
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| *dvorьcь | |||||
| palace | castle | yard | railway station | mansion house | |
| Russian дворец | + | ||||
| Ukrainian двірець | + | ||||
| Belarusian дварэц | + | ||||
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| Polish dworzec | + | ||||
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| Lower Sorbian dwórcyk | + | ||||
| Czech dvorec | + | ||||
| Slovak dvorec | + | ||||
| Slovenian dvorec | + | + | |||
| Croatian dvorac | + | + | |||
| Bosnian dvorac | + | ||||
| Serbian дворац | + | ||||
| Macedonian дворец | + | ||||
| Bulgarian дворец | + | ||||
| Meanings | palace | castle | yard | railway station | mansion house |
