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