False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘hora’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘hora’:
- mountain
Semasiological map for ‘*gora’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘hora’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Kashubian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Macedonian.
- The Czech meaning ‘mountain’ is shared by Belarusian гара, Bosnian gora, Croatian gora, Kashubian góra, Polish góra, Russian гора, Serbian гора, Slovak hora, Slovenian gora, Lower Sorbian góra, Upper Sorbian hora and Ukrainian гора.
- The meaning ‘forest’ (not present in Czech ‘hora’, translated as ‘les’) is attested in Bulgarian гора and Slovak hora.
- The meaning ‘attic, loft’ (not present in Czech ‘hora’) is attested in Belarusian гара, Kashubian góra and Ukrainian гора.
- The meaning ‘upward’ (not present in Czech ‘hora’) is attested in Belarusian гара.
Czech hora |
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Belarusian гара |
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Bosnian gora |
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Czech hora |
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Bulgarian гора |
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Czech hora |
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Croatian gora |
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Czech hora |
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Kashubian góra |
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Czech hora |
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Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Czech hora |
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Polish góra |
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Russian гора |
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Serbian гора |
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Czech hora |
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Slovak hora |
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Czech hora |
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Slovenian gora |
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Czech hora |
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Lower Sorbian góra |
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Czech hora |
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Upper Sorbian hora |
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Czech hora |
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Ukrainian гора |
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*gora
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Meanings:
‘forest’
‘mountain’
‘attic, loft’
‘upward’
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forest | mountain | attic, loft | upward | |
Russian гора | + | |||
Ukrainian гора | + | + | ||
Belarusian гара | + | + | + | |
Polish góra | + | |||
Kashubian góra | + | + | ||
Lower Sorbian góra | + | |||
Upper Sorbian hora | + | |||
Czech hora | + | |||
Slovak hora | + | + | ||
Slovenian gora | + | |||
Croatian gora | + | |||
Bosnian gora | + | |||
Serbian гора | + | |||
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Bulgarian гора | + | |||
Meanings | forest | mountain | attic, loft | upward |
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