False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘palec’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘palec’:
- finger
- toe
- finger, bolt
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘palec’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.
- is a true friend in Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘finger’ is shared by Belarusian паляц, Bulgarian палец, Russian палец, Lower Sorbian palc and Ukrainian палець.
- The Polish meaning ‘toe’ is shared by Belarusian паляц, Bulgarian палец, Russian палец, Lower Sorbian palc, Upper Sorbian palc and Ukrainian палець.
- The Polish meaning ‘finger, bolt’ is shared by Russian палец and Ukrainian палець.
- The meaning ‘thumb’ (not present in Polish ‘palec’, translated as ‘kciuk’) is attested in Bosnian palac, Bulgarian палец, Croatian palac, Czech palec, Serbian палац, Slovak palec, Slovenian palec and Upper Sorbian palc.
- The meaning ‘cog’ (not present in Polish ‘palec’) is attested in Bulgarian палец and Lower Sorbian palc.
- The meaning ‘inch’ (not present in Polish ‘palec’) is attested in Bosnian palac, Croatian palac, Serbian палац and Slovenian palec.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian and Macedonian.
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Belarusian паляц |
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Bosnian palac |
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Bulgarian палец |
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Croatian palac |
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Czech palec |
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Russian палец |
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Serbian палац |
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Slovak palec |
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Slovenian palec |
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Lower Sorbian palc |
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Upper Sorbian palc |
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Ukrainian палець |
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*palьcь
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Meanings:
‘finger’
‘toe’
‘thumb’
‘cog’
‘finger, bolt’
‘inch’
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finger | toe | thumb | cog | finger, bolt | inch | |
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Croatian palac | + | + | ||||
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Meanings | finger | toe | thumb | cog | finger, bolt | inch |
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