False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘baba’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘baba’:
- old woman
- pejorative of a woman
- cake
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘baba’:
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘old woman’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The Polish meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba, Slovenian baba and Lower Sorbian baba.
- The Polish meaning ‘cake’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Lower Sorbian baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘grandmother’ (not present in Polish ‘baba’, translated as ‘babcia’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Polish ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Polish ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
- The meaning ‘coward’ (not present in Polish ‘baba’) is attested in Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
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Meanings:
‘old woman’
‘grandmother’
‘pejorative of a woman’
‘midwife’
‘mother-in-law’
‘cake’
‘coward’
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Meanings | old woman | grandmother | pejorative of a woman | midwife | mother-in-law | cake | coward |
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