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