False Friends in Slavic Languages
Ukrainian ‘річ’
The database knows following meanings of the Ukrainian word ‘річ’:
- matter
- thing
- talk
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Ukrainian ‘річ’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Ukrainian meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian.
- has additional meanings in Czech and Slovak.
- The Ukrainian meaning ‘matter’ is shared by Belarusian рэч, Kashubian rzecz, Polish rzecz and Slovenian reč.
- The Ukrainian meaning ‘thing’ is shared by Belarusian рэч, Kashubian rzecz, Polish rzecz and Slovenian reč.
- The Ukrainian meaning ‘talk’ is shared by Czech řeč and Slovak reč.
- The meaning ‘speech’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘річ’, translated as ‘мова’) is attested in Bulgarian реч, Czech řeč, Macedonian реч, Russian речь, Slovak reč, Lower Sorbian rěc and Upper Sorbian rěč.
- The meaning ‘word’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘річ’, translated as ‘слово’) is attested in Bosnian riječ, Bulgarian реч, Croatian riječ and Serbian реч.
- The meaning ‘language’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘річ’) is attested in Czech řeč, Russian речь, Slovak reč, Lower Sorbian rěc and Upper Sorbian rěč.
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Belarusian рэч |
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Bosnian riječ |
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Bulgarian реч |
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Croatian riječ |
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Czech řeč |
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Kashubian rzecz |
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Macedonian реч |
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Polish rzecz Grammar: f. |
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Russian речь |
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Serbian реч |
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Slovak reč |
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Slovenian reč |
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Lower Sorbian rěc |
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Upper Sorbian rěč |
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*rěčь
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Meanings:
‘speech’
‘word’
‘matter’
‘thing’
‘language’
‘talk’
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speech | word | matter | thing | language | talk | |
Russian речь | + | + | ||||
Ukrainian річ | + | + | + | |||
Belarusian рэч | + | + | ||||
Polish rzecz f. | + | + | ||||
Kashubian rzecz | + | + | ||||
Lower Sorbian rěc | + | + | ||||
Upper Sorbian rěč | + | + | ||||
Czech řeč | + | + | + | |||
Slovak reč | + | + | + | |||
Slovenian reč | + | + | ||||
Croatian riječ | + | |||||
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Serbian реч | + | |||||
Macedonian реч | + | |||||
Bulgarian реч | + | + | ||||
Meanings | speech | word | matter | thing | language | talk |