False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘vek’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘vek’:
- lifetime
- century (syn.: ‘vek, stoletje’)
- age, epoch
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘vek’:
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Slovenian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘lifetime’ is shared by Bosnian vijek, Croatian vijek, Macedonian век, Russian век, Serbian век and Ukrainian вік.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘century’ is shared by Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Croatian vijek, Czech věk, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Lower Sorbian wěk, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘age, epoch’ is shared by Belarusian век, Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Croatian vijek, Czech věk, Kashubian wiek, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovak vek, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘age of a person’ (not present in Slovenian ‘vek’, translated as ‘življenska doba’) is attested in Belarusian век, Czech věk, Kashubian wiek, Polish wiek, Slovak vek and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘eternity’ (not present in Slovenian ‘vek’) is attested in Lower Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
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Bosnian vijek |
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Bulgarian век |
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Croatian vijek |
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Czech věk |
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Kashubian wiek |
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Polish wiek |
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Russian век |
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Serbian век |
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Slovak vek |
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Lower Sorbian wěk |
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Upper Sorbian wěk |
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Ukrainian вік |
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Semasiological Map for *věkъ
*věkъ
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Meanings:
‘age of a person’
‘lifetime’
‘century’
‘age, epoch’
‘eternity’
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age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity | |
Russian век | + | + | + | ||
Ukrainian вік | + | + | + | + | + |
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Polish wiek | + | + | + | ||
Kashubian wiek | + | + | |||
Lower Sorbian wěk | + | + | |||
Upper Sorbian wěk | + | + | |||
Czech věk | + | + | + | ||
Slovak vek | + | + | |||
Slovenian vek | + | + | + | ||
Croatian vijek | + | + | + | ||
Bosnian vijek | + | + | + | ||
Serbian век | + | + | + | ||
Macedonian век | + | + | + | ||
Bulgarian век | + | + | |||
Meanings | age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity |
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