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