False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovak ‘vec’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘vec’:
- matter, thing
Semasiological map for ‘*vektь’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Slovenian.
Slovak ‘vec’:
- The Slovak meaning ‘matter, thing’ is shared by Bulgarian вещ, Czech věc and Russian вещь.
- The meaning ‘already’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘už’) is attested in Bosnian već, Croatian već and Serbian већ.
- The meaning ‘assembly’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘schôdzka, zhromaždenie’) is attested in Polish wiec.
- The meaning ‘more’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘viacej’) is attested in Slovenian več.
- The meaning ‘prophet’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’) is attested in Polish wieszcz.
- The meaning ‘bard, great poet’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’) is attested in Polish wieszcz.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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Croatian već | Meaning in Slovak:
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Slovak vec |
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Czech věc | Meaning:
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Polish I. wiec | Meaning in Slovak:
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Slovak vec |
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Russian вещь | Meaning:
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Slovak vec |
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Serbian већ | Meaning in Slovak:
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Slovak vec |
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Slovenian več | Meaning in Slovak:
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Semasiological Map for *vektь
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already | assembly | matter, thing | more | prophet | bard, great poet | |
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Meanings | already | assembly | matter, thing | more | prophet | bard, great poet |