False Friends in Slavic Languages

Slovak ‘sok’

All Slovak terms
Slovak bibliography

The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘sok’:

rival

Semasiological map for ‘sok’

The database has information related to this term for Polish and Lower Sorbian.

Slovak ‘sok’:

is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Polish.

The Slovak meaning ‘rival’ is unique.
The meaning ‘juice’ (not present in Slovak ‘sok’, translated as ‘šťava’) is attested in Polish sok.
The meaning ‘lentils’ (not present in Slovak ‘sok’) is attested in Lower Sorbian sok.

NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.

Slovak sok	Meaning in Polish: rywal / rival	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish sok	Meaning in Slovak: šťava / juice

Slovak sok	Meaning: rival	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian sok	Meaning: lentils

Meanings:

‘juice’

‘lentils’

‘rival’

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	Meanings
	juice	lentils	rival
Polish sok	+
Lower Sorbian sok		+
Slovak sok			+
Meanings	juice	lentils	rival

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