False Friends in Slavic Languages

Bosnian ‘ponos’

All Bosnian terms
Bosnian bibliography

The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘ponos’:

pride

Semasiological map for ‘*ponosъ’

The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.

Bosnian ‘ponos’:

is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian.
is a true friend in Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian and Serbian.
does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bulgarian, Czech, Polish or Slovak.

The Bosnian meaning ‘pride’ is shared by Croatian ponos, Macedonian понос, Serbian понос and Slovenian ponos.
The meaning ‘diarrhea’ (not present in Bosnian ‘ponos’, translated as ‘proljev’) is attested in Belarusian панос, Russian понос and Ukrainian пронос.

NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian панос	Meaning in Bosnian: proljev / diarrhea

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian ponos	Meaning: pride

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian понос	Meaning: pride

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bosnian ponos	Meaning in Russian: гордость / pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian понос	Meaning in Bosnian: proljev / diarrhea

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian понос	Meaning: pride

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian ponos	Meaning: pride

Bosnian ponos	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian пронос	Meaning in Bosnian: proljev / diarrhea

Semasiological Map for *ponosъ

*ponosъ

Meanings:

‘diarrhea’

‘pride’

no such word

no information yet

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*ponosъ	Meanings
*ponosъ	diarrhea	pride
Russian понос	+
Ukrainian пронос	+
Belarusian панос	+
Polish ∅
Czech ∅
Slovak ∅
Slovenian ponos		+
Croatian ponos		+
Bosnian ponos		+
Serbian понос		+
Macedonian понос		+
Bulgarian ∅
Meanings	diarrhea	pride

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