False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘reč’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘reč’:
- matter
- thing
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘reč’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian, Kashubian and Polish.
- has additional meanings in Ukrainian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘matter’ is shared by Belarusian рэч, Kashubian rzecz, Polish rzecz and Ukrainian річ.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘thing’ is shared by Belarusian рэч, Kashubian rzecz, Polish rzecz and Ukrainian річ.
- The meaning ‘speech’ (not present in Slovenian ‘reč’, translated as ‘govor’) 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 Slovenian ‘reč’, translated as ‘beseda’) is attested in Bosnian riječ, Bulgarian реч, Croatian riječ and Serbian реч.
- The meaning ‘language’ (not present in Slovenian ‘reč’) is attested in Czech řeč, Russian речь, Slovak reč, Lower Sorbian rěc and Upper Sorbian rěč.
- The meaning ‘talk’ (not present in Slovenian ‘reč’) 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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| Slovenian reč |
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| Macedonian реч |
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| Slovenian reč |
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| Russian речь |
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| Serbian реч |
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| Slovak 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’
 no such word
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| Ukrainian річ | + | + | + | |||
| Belarusian рэч | + | + | ||||
| Polish rzecz f. | + | + | ||||
| Kashubian rzecz | + | + | ||||
| Lower Sorbian rěc | + | + | ||||
| Upper Sorbian rěč | + | + | ||||
| Czech řeč | + | + | + | |||
| Slovak reč | + | + | + | |||
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| Croatian riječ | + | |||||
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| Serbian реч | + | |||||
| Macedonian реч | + | |||||
| Bulgarian реч | + | + | ||||
| Meanings | speech | word | matter | thing | language | talk |