False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘лицо’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘лицо’:
- face
- person
- facing, outside
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘лицо’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Russian meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.
- The Russian meaning ‘face’ is shared by Bosnian lice, Bulgarian лице, Croatian lice, Kashubian lico, Polish lico, Serbian лице, Slovenian lice and Ukrainian лице.
- The Russian meaning ‘person’ is shared by Bosnian lice, Bulgarian лице and Serbian лице.
- The Russian meaning ‘facing, outside’ is shared by Czech líc, Slovak líce and Ukrainian лице.
- The meaning ‘cheek’ (not present in Russian ‘лицо’, translated as ‘щека’) is attested in Czech líce, Kashubian lico, Polish lico, Slovak líce, Slovenian lice, Lower Sorbian lico, Upper Sorbian lico 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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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 | |
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Polish lico | + | + | ||
Kashubian lico | + | + | ||
Lower Sorbian lico | + | |||
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Czech líce | + | |||
Slovak líce | + | + | ||
Slovenian lice | + | + | ||
Croatian lice | + | |||
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Serbian лице | + | + | ||
Bulgarian лице | + | + | ||
Meanings | face | person | cheek | facing, outside |