False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘poseł’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘poseł’:
- royal messenger
- member of parliament
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘poseł’:
- The Polish meaning ‘royal messenger’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘member of parliament’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘ambassador’ (not present in Polish ‘poseł’, translated as ‘ambasador’) is attested in Belarusian пасол, Russian посол and Ukrainian посол.
- The meaning ‘courier, messenger’ (not present in Polish ‘poseł’) is attested in Czech posel and Slovak posol.
- The meaning ‘mission, business’ (not present in Polish ‘poseł’) is attested in Slovenian posel.
- The meaning ‘job, work’ (not present in Polish ‘poseł’) is attested in Bosnian posao, Croatian posao and Serbian посао.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian пасол |
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| Bulgarian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Ukrainian посол |
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Meanings:  ‘ambassador’
 ‘courier, messenger’
 ‘royal messenger’
 ‘mission, business’
 ‘member of parliament’
 ‘job, work’
 no such word
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| Meanings | ambassador | courier, messenger | royal messenger | mission, business | member of parliament | job, work |