False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘pes’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘pes’:
- dog
Semasiological map for ‘*pьsъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘pes’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.
- The Czech meaning ‘dog’ is shared by Bosnian pas, Bulgarian пес, Croatian pas, Polish pies, Russian пёс, Serbian пас, Slovak pes, Slovenian pes, Lower Sorbian pjas, Upper Sorbian pos and Ukrainian пес.
- The meaning ‘male dog’ (not present in Czech ‘pes’) is attested in Polish pies and Russian пёс.
- The meaning ‘cur’ (not present in Czech ‘pes’) is attested in Bulgarian пес, Bulgarian псе and Russian пёс.
- The meaning ‘bastard, swine fig, sl’ (not present in Czech ‘pes’) is attested in Polish pies and Ukrainian пес.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian and Macedonian.
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| Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Lower Sorbian pjas |
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*pьsъ
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Meanings:  ‘dog’
 ‘male dog’
 ‘cur’
 ‘bastard, swine fig, sl’
 no such word
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| dog | male dog | cur | bastard, swine fig, sl | |
| Russian пёс | + | + | + | |
| Ukrainian пес | + | + | ||
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| Polish pies | + | + | + | |
| Lower Sorbian pjas | + | |||
| Upper Sorbian pos | + | |||
| Czech pes | + | |||
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| Croatian pas | + | |||
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| Bulgarian псе | + | |||
| Meanings | dog | male dog | cur | bastard, swine fig, sl |
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