False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘среда’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘среда’:
- environment, surroundings
- middle, centre
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘среда’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Bulgarian meanings in Russian.
- has additional meanings in Russian and Slovenian.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘environment, surroundings’ is shared by Czech stred, Russian среда, Slovak stred and Slovenian sreda.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘middle, centre’ is shared by Slovenian sreda.
- The meaning ‘Wednesday’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘среда’, translated as ‘сряда’) is attested in Belarusian серада, Bosnian srijeda, Bulgarian сряда, Croatian srijeda, Czech středa, Polish środa, Russian среда, Serbian среда, Slovak streda, Slovenian sreda, Lower Sorbian srjoda, Upper Sorbian srjeda and Ukrainian середа.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Belarusian серада |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Bosnian srijeda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Croatian srijeda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Czech I. stred |
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II. středa |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Polish środa |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Russian среда |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Serbian среда |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Slovak I. stred |
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II. streda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Slovenian sreda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Lower Sorbian srjoda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Upper Sorbian srjeda |
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Bulgarian среда See also: сряда |
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Ukrainian середа |
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*serda
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Meanings:
‘environment, surroundings’
‘Wednesday’
‘middle, centre’
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environment, surroundings | Wednesday | middle, centre | |
Russian среда | + | + | |
Ukrainian середа | + | ||
Belarusian серада | + | ||
Polish środa | + | ||
Lower Sorbian srjoda | + | ||
Upper Sorbian srjeda | + | ||
Czech stred | + | ||
Czech středa | + | ||
Slovak stred | + | ||
Slovak streda | + | ||
Slovenian sreda | + | + | + |
Croatian srijeda | + | ||
Bosnian srijeda | + | ||
Serbian среда | + | ||
Bulgarian среда | + | + | |
Bulgarian сряда | + | ||
Meanings | environment, surroundings | Wednesday | middle, centre |