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False Friends in Slavic Languages


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Bosnian ‘prostak’

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

  • lout, ruffian

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

Bosnian ‘prostak’:

  • The Bosnian meaning ‘lout, ruffian’ is shared by Croatian prostak and Serbian простак.
  • The meaning ‘fool, stupid’ (not present in Bosnian ‘prostak’, translated as ‘glupak’) is attested in Russian простак.

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

Bosnian
prostak		 Meaning:
  • lout, ruffian
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Croatian
prostak		 Meaning:
  • lout, ruffian
Bosnian
prostak		 Meaning in Russian:
  • грубиян, невежа / lout, ruffian
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Russian
простак		 Meaning in Bosnian:
  • glupak / fool, stupid
Bosnian
prostak		 Meaning:
  • lout, ruffian
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Serbian
простак		 Meaning:
  • lout, ruffian

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*prostakъ

Meanings:

‘fool, stupid’
‘lout, ruffian’
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*prostakъ
Meanings
fool, stupid lout, ruffian
Russian простак +
Croatian prostak +
Bosnian prostak +
Serbian простак +
Meanings fool, stupid lout, ruffian

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