False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘obywatel’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘obywatel’:
- citizen
- inhabitant
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘obywatel’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian.
- The Polish meaning ‘citizen’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘inhabitant’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘everyman, middlebrow’ (not present in Polish ‘obywatel’) is attested in Belarusian абывацель, Russian обыватель and Ukrainian обиватель.
- The meaning ‘petty bourgeois’ (not present in Polish ‘obywatel’, translated as ‘drobnomieszczanin’) is attested in Russian обыватель.
- The meaning ‘Philistine’ (not present in Polish ‘obywatel’, translated as ‘kołtun, filister’) is attested in Russian обыватель.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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*obyvatělь
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Meanings:  ‘everyman, middlebrow’
 ‘citizen’
 ‘inhabitant’
 ‘petty bourgeois’
 ‘Philistine’
 no such word
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| Meanings | everyman, middlebrow | citizen | inhabitant | petty bourgeois | Philistine |
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