False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘pismo’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘pismo’:
- font, handwriting
- document
- magazine
- Writing system
Semasiological map for ‘*pismo’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Polish ‘pismo’:
- is a complete false friend in Russian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘font, handwriting’ is shared by Bosnian pismo, Croatian pismo, Czech písmo, Serbian писмо and Slovak písmo.
- The Polish meaning ‘document’ is shared by Lower Sorbian pismo and Upper Sorbian pismo.
- The Polish meaning ‘magazine’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘Writing system’ is shared by Bosnian pismo, Bulgarian писмо, Croatian pismo, Czech písmo, Serbian писмо, Slovak písmo and Slovenian pismo.
- The meaning ‘letter’ (not present in Polish ‘pismo’, translated as ‘list’) is attested in Bosnian pismo, Bulgarian писмо, Croatian pismo, Czech písmeno, Russian письмо, Serbian писмо, Serbian писмо, Slovak písmeno and Slovenian pismo.
- The meaning ‘type’ (not present in Polish ‘pismo’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pismo and Upper Sorbian pismo.
- The meaning ‘certificate’ (not present in Polish ‘pismo’) is attested in Russian письмо.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Kashubian, Macedonian and Ukrainian.
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Bulgarian писмо |
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Croatian pismo |
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Czech I. písmo |
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II. písmeno |
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Serbian I. писмо |
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II. писмо |
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Slovak I. písmeno |
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II. písmo |
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Slovenian pismo |
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Lower Sorbian pismo |
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Upper Sorbian pismo |
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Semasiological Map for *pismo
*pismo
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Meanings:
‘font, handwriting’
‘letter’
‘document’
‘type’
‘certificate’
‘magazine’
‘Writing system’
no such word
no information yet
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Meanings | font, handwriting | letter | document | type | certificate | magazine | Writing system |
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