False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘бабка’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘бабка’:
- old woman (syn.: ‘баба’)
- grandmother (syn.: ‘бабушка’)
Semasiological map for ‘*babьka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘бабка’:
- is a complete false friend in Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Russian meanings in Bulgarian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish and Slovenian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian, Polish and Slovenian.
- The Russian meaning ‘old woman’ is shared by Belarusian бабка, Polish babka and Polish babki.
- The Russian meaning ‘grandmother’ is shared by Belarusian бабка, Bulgarian бабка, Czech babička, Polish babka, Slovenian babica and Lower Sorbian babka.
- The meaning ‘woman’ (not present in Russian ‘бабка’, translated as ‘женщина’) is attested in Bulgarian бабка and Lower Sorbian babka.
- The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Russian ‘бабка’) is attested in Slovenian babica and Lower Sorbian babka.
- The meaning ‘rough boletus a mushroom’ (not present in Russian ‘бабка’, translated as ‘подберёзовик’) is attested in Belarusian бабка.
- The meaning ‘a sort of cake’ (not present in Russian ‘бабка’, translated as ‘куличи’) 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.
Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Belarusian бабка |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Bulgarian бабка |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Czech babička |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Polish I. babka |
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II. babki |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Slovenian babica |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Lower Sorbian babka |
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Russian бабка See also: бабки |
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Ukrainian бабка |
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Semasiological Map for *babьka
*babьka
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Meanings:
‘old woman’
‘grandmother’
‘woman’
‘midwife’
‘rough boletus a mushroom’
‘a sort of cake’
‘Other’
no such word
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old woman | grandmother | woman | midwife | rough boletus a mushroom | a sort of cake | Other | |
Russian бабка | + | + | |||||
Russian бабки | + money, lettuce |
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Ukrainian бабка | + | + dragonfly |
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Belarusian бабка | + | + | + | + | |||
Polish babka | + | + | + | + plantain |
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Polish babki | + | + | |||||
Lower Sorbian babka | + | + | + | ||||
Czech babička | + | ||||||
Slovenian babica | + | + | |||||
Bulgarian бабка | + | + pejorative |
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Meanings | old woman | grandmother | woman | midwife | rough boletus a mushroom | a sort of cake | Other |