False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘lijen’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘lijen’:
- lazy
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Polish, Russian and Serbian.
Croatian ‘lijen’:
- The Croatian meaning ‘lazy’ is shared by Bosnian lijen, Serbian лен and Serbian лењ.
- The meaning ‘idler, do-nothing’ (not present in Croatian ‘lijen’, translated as ‘lijenčina’) is attested in Polish leń.
- The meaning ‘laziness’ (not present in Croatian ‘lijen’, translated as ‘lijenost’) is attested in Russian лень.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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Polish leń |
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Russian лень |
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Meanings:
‘idler, do-nothing’
‘laziness’
‘lazy’
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Meanings | idler, do-nothing | laziness | lazy |
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