False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘vrag’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘vrag’:
- devil, demon
Semasiological map for ‘*vorgъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘vrag’:
- The Slovenian meaning ‘devil, demon’ is shared by Bosnian vrag, Croatian vrag, Macedonian враг and Serbian враг.
- The meaning ‘enemy’ (not present in Slovenian ‘vrag’, translated as ‘sovražnik’) is attested in Belarusian вораг, Bulgarian враг, Kashubian warg, Macedonian враг, Polish wróg, Russian враг and Ukrainian ворог.
- The meaning ‘murderer’ (not present in Slovenian ‘vrag’, translated as ‘morilec’) is attested in Czech vrah and Slovak vrah.
- The meaning ‘slyboots, smartie’ (not present in Slovenian ‘vrag’, translated as ‘prekanjenec, zvitorepec’) is attested in Macedonian враг and Serbian враг.
NB: No information yet for Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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Meaning in Belarusian:
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Semasiological Map for *vorgъ
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enemy | devil, demon | murderer | slyboots, smartie | |
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Meanings | enemy | devil, demon | murderer | slyboots, smartie |