False Friends in Slavic Languages

Serbian ‘понос’

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

pride

Semasiological map for ‘*ponosъ’

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

Serbian ‘понос’:

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

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

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

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian панос	Meaning in Serbian: пролив / diarrhea

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

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian ∅ - no corresponding term.

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

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech ∅ - no corresponding term.

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian понос	Meaning: pride

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish ∅ - no corresponding term.

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

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term.

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

Serbian понос	Meaning: pride	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian пронос	Meaning in Serbian: пролив / 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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