False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘mrak’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘mrak’:
- cloud
- crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘mrak’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Lower Sorbian and Slovak.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Macedonian.
- The Czech meaning ‘cloud’ is shared by Slovak mrak and Lower Sorbian mrok.
- The Czech meaning ‘crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘darkness’ (not present in Czech ‘mrak’, translated as ‘tma’) is attested in Bosnian mrak, Bulgarian мрак, Croatian mrak, Kashubian mrok, Kashubian mark, Polish mrok, Russian мрак, Serbian мрак and Ukrainian морок.
- The meaning ‘dusk, twilight, dimness’ (not present in Czech ‘mrak’) is attested in Slovenian mrak and Ukrainian морок.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Kashubian mark (Syn.: mrok) |
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Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Polish mrok |
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Russian мрак |
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Lower Sorbian mrok |
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Ukrainian морок |
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*morkъ
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Meanings:
‘cloud’
‘darkness’
‘dusk, twilight, dimness’
‘crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’’
no such word
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cloud | darkness | dusk, twilight, dimness | crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’ | |
Russian мрак | + | |||
Ukrainian морок | + | + | ||
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Polish mrok | + | |||
Kashubian mark | + | |||
Lower Sorbian mrok | + | |||
Czech mrak | + | + | ||
Slovak mrak | + | |||
Slovenian mrak | + | |||
Croatian mrak | + | |||
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Bulgarian мрак | + | |||
Meanings | cloud | darkness | dusk, twilight, dimness | crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’ |
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