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