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False Friends in Slavic Languages


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Bosnian ‘pogan’

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

  • faeces, excrement
  • dirt, mud

Semasiological map for ‘*poganь’

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

Bosnian ‘pogan’:

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

Semasiological Map for *poganь

*poganь

Meanings:

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

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