False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘brak’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘brak’:
- rejects, refuse, waste
- junk, trash
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘brak’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Slovenian.
- The Czech meaning ‘rejects, refuse, waste’ is shared by Belarusian брак, Bulgarian брак, Polish brak, Russian брак and Ukrainian брак.
- The Czech meaning ‘junk, trash’ is shared by Slovak brak.
- The meaning ‘defect, flaw’ (not present in Czech ‘brak’) is attested in Polish brak, Russian брак and Ukrainian брак.
- The meaning ‘lack, deficiency’ (not present in Czech ‘brak’) is attested in Belarusian брак, Polish brak and Ukrainian брак.
- The meaning ‘marriage’ (not present in Czech ‘brak’) is attested in Bosnian brak, Bulgarian брак, Croatian brak, Macedonian брак, Russian брак and Serbian брак.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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Russian брак |
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Serbian брак |
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Slovak brak |
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Ukrainian брак |
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Semasiological Map for *brakъ
*brakъ
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Meanings:
‘defect, flaw’
‘rejects, refuse, waste’
‘lack, deficiency’
‘junk, trash’
‘marriage’
no such word
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defect, flaw | rejects, refuse, waste | lack, deficiency | junk, trash | marriage | |
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Meanings | defect, flaw | rejects, refuse, waste | lack, deficiency | junk, trash | marriage |
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