False Friends in Slavic Languages
Lower Sorbian ‘babka’
The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘babka’:
- grandmother
- woman
- midwife
Semasiological map for ‘*babьka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Lower Sorbian ‘babka’:
- is a complete false friend in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Lower Sorbian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech and Slovenian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘grandmother’ is shared by Belarusian бабка, Bulgarian бабка, Czech babička, Polish babka, Russian бабка and Slovenian babica.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘woman’ is shared by Bulgarian бабка.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘midwife’ is shared by Slovenian babica.
- The meaning ‘old woman’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘babka’) is attested in Belarusian бабка, Polish babka, Polish babki and Russian бабка.
- The meaning ‘rough boletus a mushroom’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘babka’) is attested in Belarusian бабка.
- The meaning ‘a sort of cake’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘babka’) is attested in Belarusian бабка, Polish babka, Polish babki and Ukrainian бабка.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
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Semasiological Map for *babьka
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*babьka | |||||||
old woman | grandmother | woman | midwife | rough boletus a mushroom | a sort of cake | Other | |
Russian бабка | + | + | |||||
Russian бабки | + money, lettuce | ||||||
Ukrainian бабка | + | + dragonfly | |||||
Belarusian бабка | + | + | + | + | |||
Polish babka | + | + | + | + plantain | |||
Polish babki | + | + | |||||
Lower Sorbian babka | + | + | + | ||||
Czech babička | + | ||||||
Slovenian babica | + | + | |||||
Bulgarian бабка | + | + pejorative | |||||
Meanings | old woman | grandmother | woman | midwife | rough boletus a mushroom | a sort of cake | Other |