False Friends in Slavic Languages
Lower Sorbian ‘bór’
The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘bór’:
- pinewood
- pine
Semasiological map for ‘*borъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Lower Sorbian ‘bór’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Kashubian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Lower Sorbian meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘pinewood’ is shared by Czech bor, Polish bor, Russian бор, Slovak bor and Ukrainian бір.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘pine’ is shared by Bosnian bor, Bulgarian бор, Croatian bor, Macedonian бор, Serbian бор, Slovak bor and Slovenian bor.
- The meaning ‘boron’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘bór’) is attested in Belarusian бор, Bosnian bor, Bulgarian бор, Croatian bor, Czech bor, Kashubian bór, Macedonian бор, Polish bor, Russian бор, Serbian бор, Slovak bor, Slovenian bor, Upper Sorbian bor and Ukrainian бор.
- The meaning ‘drill’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘bór’) is attested in Polish bor and Russian бор.
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Bosnian bor |
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Croatian bor |
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Czech bor |
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Macedonian бор |
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Polish bor |
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Russian бор |
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Serbian бор |
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Slovak bor |
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Slovenian bor |
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Upper Sorbian bor |
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Ukrainian I. бір |
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Semasiological Map for *borъ
*borъ
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‘pinewood’
‘pine’
‘boron’
‘drill’
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Meanings | pinewood | pine | boron | drill |