False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘toča’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘toča’:
- hail
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘toča’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Croatian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘hail’ is shared by Bosnian tuča and Croatian tuča.
- The meaning ‘rainbow’ (not present in Slovenian ‘toča’, translated as ‘mavrica’) is attested in Kashubian tãga, Polish tęcza, Lower Sorbian tyca and Upper Sorbian tučel.
- The meaning ‘rainy cloud’ (not present in Slovenian ‘toča’, translated as ‘deževni oblak’) is attested in Russian туча and Ukrainian туча.
- The meaning ‘tangential’ (not present in Slovenian ‘toča’) is attested in Czech tečný.
- The meaning ‘liquid adj.’ (not present in Slovenian ‘toča’) is attested in Bulgarian течен.
- The meaning ‘luxuriant, fertile’ (not present in Slovenian ‘toča’) is attested in Bulgarian тучен.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian, Serbian and Slovak.
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Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Czech tečný |
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Kashubian tãga |
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Polish tęcza |
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Russian туча |
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Lower Sorbian tyca |
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Upper Sorbian tučel |
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Ukrainian туча |
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Semasiological Map for *tǫča
*tǫča
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Meanings:
‘hail’
‘rainbow’
‘rainy cloud’
‘tangential’
‘liquid adj.’
‘luxuriant, fertile’
no such word
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hail | rainbow | rainy cloud | tangential | liquid adj. | luxuriant, fertile | |
Russian туча | + | |||||
Ukrainian туча | + | |||||
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Polish tęcza | + | |||||
Kashubian tãga | + | |||||
Lower Sorbian tyca | + | |||||
Upper Sorbian tučel | + | |||||
Czech tečný | + | |||||
Slovenian toča | + | |||||
Croatian tuča | + | |||||
Bosnian tuča | + | |||||
Bulgarian течен | + | |||||
Bulgarian тучен adjective | + | |||||
Meanings | hail | rainbow | rainy cloud | tangential | liquid adj. | luxuriant, fertile |
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