False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘czerwień’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘czerwień’:
- redness/red color
Semasiological map for ‘*čьrvьnь’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘czerwień’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Russian, Slovak or Slovenian.
- The Polish meaning ‘redness/red color’ is shared by Bosnian crven, Bulgarian червен, Croatian crven, Serbian црвен, Lower Sorbian cerwjeń and Upper Sorbian čerwjeń.
- The meaning ‘June’ (not present in Polish ‘czerwień’) is attested in Belarusian чэрвень, Czech červen, Kashubian czerwińc, Polish czerwiec and Ukrainian червень.
- The meaning ‘July’ (not present in Polish ‘czerwień’, translated as ‘lipiec’) is attested in Czech červenec.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Belarusian чэрвень | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Bosnian crven | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Bulgarian червен | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Croatian crven | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Czech I. červenec | Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Kashubian czerwińc | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Russian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Serbian црвен | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Lower Sorbian cerwjeń | Meaning:
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Polish czerwień See also: czerwiec |
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| Ukrainian червень | Meaning:
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Semasiological Map for *čьrvьnь
                       *čьrvьnь
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Meanings:  ‘June’ ‘July’ ‘redness/red color’ no such word no information yet
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| *čьrvьnь | |||
| June | July | redness/red color | |
| Russian ∅ | |||
| Ukrainian червень | + | ||
| Belarusian чэрвень | + | ||
| Polish czerwiec | + | ||
| Polish czerwień | + | ||
| Kashubian czerwińc | + | ||
| Lower Sorbian cerwjeń | + | ||
| Upper Sorbian čerwjeń | + | ||
| Czech červenec | + | ||
| Czech červen | + | ||
| Slovak ∅ | |||
| Slovenian ∅ | |||
| Croatian crven | + | ||
| Bosnian crven | + | ||
| Serbian црвен | + | ||
| Bulgarian червен | + | ||
| Meanings | June | July | redness/red color |