False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘куча’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘куча’:
- whelp, pup
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘куча’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Macedonian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Polish.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘whelp, pup’ is shared by Macedonian куча.
- The meaning ‘pile, heap’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘куча’) is attested in Belarusian куча, Russian куча and Ukrainian куча.
- The meaning ‘house’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘куча’) is attested in Bosnian kuća, Croatian kuća and Serbian кућа.
- The meaning ‘hut’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘куча’) is attested in Slovenian koča.
NB: No information yet for Czech, Kashubian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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‘pile, heap’
‘house’
‘hut’
‘whelp, pup’
no such word
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Meanings | pile, heap | house | hut | whelp, pup |