False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘para’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘para’:
- steam
- pair
- a couple of, some (syn.: ‘parę’)
- breath
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘para’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Slovenian and Serbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘steam’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Bosnian para, Bulgarian пара, Croatian para, Czech pára, Macedonian пара, Serbian пара, Slovak para, Slovenian para, Upper Sorbian para and Ukrainian пара.
- The Polish meaning ‘pair’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
- The Polish meaning ‘a couple of, some’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
- The Polish meaning ‘breath’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘penny, money’ (not present in Polish ‘para’) is attested in Bosnian para, Bulgarian пара and Serbian пара.
- The meaning ‘dirt on street, mud’ (not present in Polish ‘para’) is attested in Lower Sorbian para.
- The meaning ‘wretch, (poor) devil’ (not present in Polish ‘para’) is attested in Slovenian para.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian.
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Bulgarian пара |
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Croatian para |
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Czech pára |
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Macedonian пара |
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Russian пара |
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Serbian пара |
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Slovak para |
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Slovenian para ([uboga] para) |
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Lower Sorbian para |
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Upper Sorbian para |
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Ukrainian пара |
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Meanings:
‘steam’
‘pair’
‘a couple of, some’
‘penny, money’
‘breath’
‘dirt on street, mud’
‘wretch, (poor) devil’
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steam | pair | a couple of, some | penny, money | breath | dirt on street, mud | wretch, (poor) devil | |
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Meanings | steam | pair | a couple of, some | penny, money | breath | dirt on street, mud | wretch, (poor) devil |
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