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