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