False Friends in Slavic Languages

The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘љубити’:

is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
is a true friend in Bosnian.
does not have all its Serbian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
has additional meanings in Bulgarian and Slovenian.

The Serbian meaning ‘to like’ is shared by Belarusian любіць, Belarusian любоў, Bosnian ljubiti, Croatian ljubiti, Czech líbit se, Kashubian lubic, Polish lubić, Russian любить, Slovak ľúbiť and Ukrainian любити.
The Serbian meaning ‘to love’ is shared by Bosnian ljubiti, Bulgarian любя, Croatian ljubiti, Russian любить, Slovak ľúbiť, Slovenian ljubiti and Ukrainian любити.
The Serbian meaning ‘poetic to love’ is shared by Bosnian ljubiti, Bulgarian любя, Croatian ljubiti and Macedonian љуби.
The Serbian meaning ‘to kiss’ is shared by Bosnian ljubiti, Croatian ljubiti, Croatian poljubiti, Czech líbat and Macedonian љуби.
The meaning ‘to make love’ (not present in Serbian ‘љубити’) is attested in Bulgarian любя and Slovenian ljubiti.
The meaning ‘to promise’ (not present in Serbian ‘љубити’) is attested in Lower Sorbian lubiś and Upper Sorbian lubić.
The meaning ‘to vow’ (not present in Serbian ‘љубити’) is attested in Lower Sorbian lubiś.

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian I. любіць	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like
II. любоў	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like

Serbian љубити	Meaning in Bosnian: ljubiti / to like ljubiti / to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian ljubiti	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like љубити / to love poetic to love to kiss

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian любя	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to love poetic to love to make love

Serbian љубити	Meaning in Croatian: ljubiti / to like ljubiti / to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian I. ljubiti	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like љубити / to love poetic to love to kiss
II. poljubiti	Meaning: to kiss

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech I. líbat	Meaning: to kiss
II. líbit se	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Kashubian lubic	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian љуби	Meaning: poetic to love to kiss

Serbian љубити	Meaning in Polish: lubić / to like kochać / to love poetic to love całować / to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish lubić	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like

Serbian љубити	Meaning in Russian: любить / to like любить / to love любить / poetic to love целовать / to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian любить	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like љубити / to love

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak ľúbiť	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like љубити / to love

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian ljubiti	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to love to make love

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian lubiś	Meaning: to promise to vow

Serbian љубити	Meaning: to like to love poetic to love to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian lubić	Meaning: to promise

Serbian љубити	Meaning in Ukrainian: любити / to like кохати / to love poetic to love цілувати / to kiss	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian любити	Meaning in Serbian: љубити / to like љубити / to love

*ljubiti

Meanings:

‘to like’

‘to love’

‘poetic to love’

‘to kiss’

‘to make love’

‘to promise’

‘to vow’

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