False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘zrak’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘zrak’:
- air
Semasiological map for ‘*zorkъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘zrak’:
- The Croatian meaning ‘air’ is shared by Bosnian zrak and Slovenian zrak.
- The meaning ‘eyesight’ (not present in Croatian ‘zrak’, translated as ‘vid’) is attested in Belarusian зрок, Czech zrak, Polish wzrok, Russian зрак and Slovak zrak.
- The meaning ‘ray, beam’ (not present in Croatian ‘zrak’, translated as ‘zraka, trak’) is attested in Bulgarian зрак, Macedonian зрак and Serbian зрак.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian зрок |
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| Bulgarian зрак |
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| Czech zrak |
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| Macedonian зрак |
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| Polish wzrok |
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| Russian зрак |
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| Serbian зрак |
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| Slovak zrak |
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| Slovenian zrak |
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| Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *zorkъ
                    
*zorkъ
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Meanings:  ‘air’
 ‘eyesight’
 ‘ray, beam’
 no such word
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| Serbian зрак | + | ||
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| Meanings | air | eyesight | ray, beam |
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