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