False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘doba’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘doba’:
- time, era, period (syn.: ‘czas, epoka’)
- day 24 hours
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘doba’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian.
- is a true friend in Kashubian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Czech and Slovak.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Russian.
- The Polish meaning ‘time, era, period’ is shared by Bosnian doba, Bulgarian доба, Croatian doba, Czech doba, Kashubian doba, Serbian доба, Slovak doba, Slovenian doba, Lower Sorbian doba, Upper Sorbian doba and Ukrainian доба.
- The Polish meaning ‘day 24 hours’ is shared by Kashubian doba and Ukrainian доба.
- The meaning ‘time, duration’ (not present in Polish ‘doba’, translated as ‘okres, trwanie’) is attested in Bulgarian доба, Czech doba and Slovak doba.
- The meaning ‘late at night’ (not present in Polish ‘doba’) is attested in Bulgarian доба.
- The meaning ‘character’ (not present in Polish ‘doba’) is attested in Belarusian до́ба.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Belarusian до́ба |
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Bosnian doba See also: dob |
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Bulgarian доба |
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Croatian doba See also: dob |
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Czech doba |
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Kashubian doba |
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Russian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Serbian доба See also: доб |
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Slovenian doba See also: dob |
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Lower Sorbian doba |
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Upper Sorbian doba |
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Ukrainian доба |
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Meanings:
‘time, era, period’
‘time, duration’
‘day 24 hours’
‘late at night’
‘character’
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Meanings | time, era, period | time, duration | day 24 hours | late at night | character |
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