False Friends in Slavic Languages

Russian ‘понос’

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The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘понос’:

diarrhea

Semasiological map for ‘*ponosъ’

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

Russian ‘понос’:

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

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

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

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian панос	Meaning: diarrhea

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

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian ∅ - no corresponding term.

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

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech ∅ - no corresponding term.

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian понос	Meaning in Russian: гордость / pride

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish ∅ - no corresponding term.

Russian понос	Meaning in Serbian: пролив / diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian понос	Meaning in Russian: гордость / pride

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term.

Russian понос	Meaning in Slovenian: driska / diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian ponos	Meaning in Russian: гордость / pride

Russian понос	Meaning: diarrhea	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian пронос	Meaning: 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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