False Friends in Slavic Languages
Lower Sorbian ‘matka’
The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘matka’:
- queen bee
Semasiological map for ‘*matьka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Lower Sorbian ‘matka’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish and Slovak.
- is a true friend in Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Czech, Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian or Serbian.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘queen bee’ is shared by Czech matka, Russian матка, Upper Sorbian matka and Ukrainian матка.
- The meaning ‘mother’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Belarusian матка, Czech matka, Kashubian matka, Polish matka, Slovak matka and Ukrainian матка.
- The meaning ‘dam, female animal’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Belarusian матка, Polish matka, Russian матка and Ukrainian матка.
- The meaning ‘nut to screw on a bolt’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Czech matka and Slovak matka.
- The meaning ‘womb, uterus’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Belarusian матка, Bulgarian матка, Macedonian матка, Russian матка and Ukrainian матка.
- The meaning ‘nut’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Slovak matka.
- The meaning ‘mat’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘matka’) is attested in Ukrainian матка.
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Croatian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Serbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Semasiological Map for *matьka
*matьka
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Meanings:
‘mother’
‘dam, female animal’
‘nut to screw on a bolt’
‘womb, uterus’
‘queen bee’
‘nut’
‘mat’
no such word
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mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | womb, uterus | queen bee | nut | mat | |
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Meanings | mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | womb, uterus | queen bee | nut | mat |
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