False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘majtki’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘majtki’:
- Underpants
Semasiological map for ‘majka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘majtki’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian, Slovak or Slovenian.
- The Polish meaning ‘Underpants’ is shared by Belarusian майткі.
- The meaning ‘mother’ (not present in Polish ‘majtki’) is attested in Bosnian majka, Bulgarian майка, Croatian majka, Macedonian мајка and Serbian мајка.
- The meaning ‘dam, female animal’ (not present in Polish ‘majtki’) is attested in Bulgarian майка and Macedonian мајка.
- The meaning ‘nut to screw on a bolt’ (not present in Polish ‘majtki’) is attested in Bulgarian майка.
- The meaning ‘gym shirt’ (not present in Polish ‘majtki’) is attested in Belarusian майка, Russian майка and Ukrainian майка.
- The meaning ‘Shirt’ (not present in Polish ‘majtki’) is attested in Russian майка.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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Belarusian I. майка |
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Croatian majka |
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Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Macedonian мајка |
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Russian майка |
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Serbian мајка |
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Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Lower Sorbian majka |
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majka
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Meanings:
‘mother’
‘dam, female animal’
‘nut to screw on a bolt’
‘gym shirt’
‘Underpants’
‘Shirt’
‘Other’
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mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other | |
Russian майка | + | + t-shirt |
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Lower Sorbian majka | + girl |
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Czech májka | + May pole |
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Bulgarian майка | + | + | + | ||||
Meanings | mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other |
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