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False Friends in Slavic Languages


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Croatian ‘pogan’

The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘pogan’:

  • faeces, excrement
  • dirt, mud

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The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Russian and Serbian.

Croatian ‘pogan’:

  • The Croatian meaning ‘faeces, excrement’ is shared by Bosnian pogan and Serbian поган.
  • The Croatian meaning ‘dirt, mud’ is shared by Bosnian pogan and Serbian поган.
  • The meaning ‘rabble, riff-raff’ (not present in Croatian ‘pogan’, translated as ‘fukara, izmet’) is attested in Russian погань.

NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.

Croatian
pogan		 Meaning:
  1. faeces, excrement
  2. dirt, mud
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Bosnian
pogan		 Meaning:
  1. faeces, excrement
  2. dirt, mud
Croatian
pogan		 Meaning in Russian:
  1. кал, помёт / faeces, excrement
  2. грязь / dirt, mud
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Russian
погань		 Meaning in Croatian:
  • fukara, izmet / rabble, riff-raff
Croatian
pogan		 Meaning:
  1. faeces, excrement
  2. dirt, mud
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Serbian
поган		 Meaning:
  1. faeces, excrement
  2. dirt, mud

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*poganь

Meanings:

‘faeces, excrement’
‘dirt, mud’
‘rabble, riff-raff’
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*poganь
Meanings
faeces, excrement dirt, mud rabble, riff-raff
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Meanings faeces, excrement dirt, mud rabble, riff-raff

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