False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘лекарство’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘лекарство’:
- medical science
Semasiological map for ‘*lěkarьstvo’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘лекарство’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian and Slovak.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Ukrainian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘medical science’ is shared by Bosnian ljekarstvo, Croatian ljekarstvo and Slovak lekárstvo.
- The meaning ‘remedy, medicine’ (not present in Serbian ‘лекарство’, translated as ‘лек’) is attested in Bulgarian лекарство, Kashubian lékarstwò, Polish lekarstwo, Russian лекарство, Lower Sorbian lěkarstwo and Upper Sorbian lěkarstwo.
- The meaning ‘cure-all’ (not present in Serbian ‘лекарство’) is attested in Polish lekarstwo.
NB: No information yet for Czech, Macedonian and Slovenian.
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Bosnian ljekarstvo |
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Bulgarian лекарство |
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Croatian ljekarstvo |
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Kashubian lékarstwò |
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Polish lekarstwo |
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Slovak lekárstvo |
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Lower Sorbian lěkarstwo |
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Upper Sorbian lěkarstwo |
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Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Meanings:
‘remedy, medicine’
‘medical science’
‘cure-all’
no such word
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remedy, medicine | medical science | cure-all | |
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Polish lekarstwo | + | + | |
Kashubian lékarstwò | + | ||
Lower Sorbian lěkarstwo | + | ||
Upper Sorbian lěkarstwo | + | ||
Slovak lekárstvo | + | ||
Croatian ljekarstvo | + | ||
Bosnian ljekarstvo | + | ||
Serbian лекарство | + | ||
Bulgarian лекарство | + | ||
Meanings | remedy, medicine | medical science | cure-all |