False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘дело’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘дело’:
- matter, affair
- act, deed
- case ()
- file, document
- work
Semasiological map for ‘*dělo’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘дело’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech.
- does not have all its Bulgarian meanings in Bosnian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Russian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Kashubian.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘matter, affair’ is shared by Russian дело, Slovak dielo and Ukrainian діло.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘act, deed’ is shared by Bosnian djelo, Croatian djelo, Polish dzieło, Russian дело, Serbian дело and Slovak dielo.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘case’ is shared by Russian дело.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘file, document’ is shared by Russian дело.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘work’ is shared by Slovenian delo, Lower Sorbian źěło and Upper Sorbian dźěło.
- The meaning ‘battle’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘дело’) is attested in Russian дело.
- The meaning ‘cannon’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘дело’) is attested in Czech dělo, Polish działo and Slovak delo.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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| Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Semasiological Map for *dělo
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Meanings:  ‘matter, affair’ ‘act, deed’ ‘battle’ ‘cannon’ ‘case’ ‘file, document’ ‘work’ no such word no information yet
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| matter, affair | act, deed | battle | cannon | case | file, document | work | |
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| Czech dělo | + | ||||||
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| Bulgarian дело | + | + | + lawsuit | + | + | ||
| Meanings | matter, affair | act, deed | battle | cannon | case | file, document | work |