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