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