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