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