False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘чврст’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘чврст’:
- sturdy
Semasiological map for ‘*čьrstvъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘чврст’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Croatian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘sturdy’ is shared by Bosnian čvrst and Croatian čvrst.
- The meaning ‘fresh’ (not present in Serbian ‘чврст’) is attested in Czech čerstvý, Polish czerstwy, Slovak čerstvý and Upper Sorbian čerstwy.
- The meaning ‘stale’ (not present in Serbian ‘чврст’) is attested in Belarusian чэрствы, Polish czerstwy, Russian чёрствый and Ukrainian черствий.
- The meaning ‘hard, dry’ (not present in Serbian ‘чврст’) is attested in Russian чёрствый.
- The meaning ‘dry pastries’ (not present in Serbian ‘чврст’) is attested in Polish czerstwy.
- The meaning ‘nimble’ (not present in Serbian ‘чврст’) is attested in Bulgarian чевръст.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovenian and Lower Sorbian.
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Croatian čvrst |
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Czech čerstvý |
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Polish czerstwy |
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Russian чёрствый |
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Slovak čerstvý |
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Upper Sorbian čerstwy |
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Ukrainian черствий |
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Meanings:
‘fresh’
‘stale’
‘sturdy’
‘hard, dry’
‘dry pastries’
‘nimble’
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fresh | stale | sturdy | hard, dry | dry pastries | nimble | |
Russian чёрствый | + | + | ||||
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Upper Sorbian čerstwy | + | |||||
Czech čerstvý | + | |||||
Slovak čerstvý | + | |||||
Croatian čvrst | + | |||||
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Meanings | fresh | stale | sturdy | hard, dry | dry pastries | nimble |