False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bosnian ‘pisar’
The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘pisar’:
- scribe
Semasiological map for ‘*pisa*’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian and Slovenian.
Bosnian ‘pisar’:
- The Bosnian meaning ‘scribe’ is shared by Bulgarian писар, Croatian pisar, Polish pisarz, Russian писарь, Russian писец, Slovenian pisar and Slovenian pisec.
- The meaning ‘writer’ (not present in Bosnian ‘pisar’, translated as ‘pisac’) is attested in Bosnian pisac, Croatian pisac and Polish pisarz.
- The meaning ‘pencil, crayon’ (not present in Bosnian ‘pisar’, translated as ‘pisaljka’) is attested in Polish pisak.
- The meaning ‘mouthpiece’ (not present in Bosnian ‘pisar’) is attested in Bosnian pisak and Croatian pisak.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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Bosnian pisar See also: pisak, pisac, pisati |
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Bulgarian писар See also: пиша |
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Bosnian pisar See also: pisak, pisac, pisati |
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| Croatian I. pisak |
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III. pisac See also: pisati |
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Bosnian pisar See also: pisak, pisac, pisati |
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| Polish I. pisak |
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II. pisarz See also: pisać |
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Bosnian pisar See also: pisak, pisac, pisati |
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| Russian I. писарь |
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II. писец See also: писа́ть |
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Bosnian pisar See also: pisak, pisac, pisati |
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| Slovenian I. pisar |
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II. pisec See also: pisati |
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Semasiological Map for *pisa*
            
*pisa*
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Meanings:  ‘scribe’
 ‘writer’
 ‘pencil, crayon’
 ‘mouthpiece’
 no such word
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| scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece | |
| Russian писарь | + | |||
| Russian писец | + | |||
| Polish pisak | + | |||
| Polish pisarz | + | + | ||
| Slovenian pisar | + | |||
| Slovenian pisec | + | |||
| Croatian pisak | + | |||
| Croatian pisar | + | |||
| Croatian pisac | + | |||
| Bosnian pisak | + | |||
| Bosnian pisar | + | |||
| Bosnian pisac | + | |||
| Bulgarian писар | + | |||
| Meanings | scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece |
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