False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘lice’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘lice’:
- face
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘lice’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.
- The Croatian meaning ‘face’ is shared by Bosnian lice, Bulgarian лице, Kashubian lico, Polish lico, Russian лицо, Serbian лице, Slovenian lice and Ukrainian лице.
- The meaning ‘person’ (not present in Croatian ‘lice’, translated as ‘osoba’) is attested in Bosnian lice, Bulgarian лице, Russian лицо and Serbian лице.
- The meaning ‘cheek’ (not present in Croatian ‘lice’, translated as ‘obraz’) is attested in Czech líce, Kashubian lico, Polish lico, Slovak líce, Slovenian lice, Lower Sorbian lico, Upper Sorbian lico and Ukrainian лице.
- The meaning ‘facing, outside’ (not present in Croatian ‘lice’) is attested in Czech líc, Russian лицо, Slovak líce and Ukrainian лице.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Bulgarian лице |
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Czech I. líc |
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II. líce |
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Kashubian lico |
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Polish lico |
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Russian лицо |
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Serbian лице |
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Slovak líce |
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Slovenian lice |
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Lower Sorbian lico |
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Upper Sorbian lico |
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Ukrainian лице |
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*lice
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Meanings:
‘face’
‘person’
‘cheek’
‘facing, outside’
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face | person | cheek | facing, outside | |
Russian лицо | + | + | + | |
Ukrainian лице | + | + | + | |
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Polish lico | + | + | ||
Kashubian lico | + | + | ||
Lower Sorbian lico | + | |||
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Czech líc | + | |||
Czech líce | + | |||
Slovak líce | + | + | ||
Slovenian lice | + | + | ||
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Serbian лице | + | + | ||
Bulgarian лице | + | + | ||
Meanings | face | person | cheek | facing, outside |
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