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