False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘дело’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘дело’:
- matter, affair
- act, deed
- battle
- case ()
- file, document
Semasiological map for ‘*dělo’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘дело’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovenian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Russian meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Slovak, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Kashubian.
- The Russian meaning ‘matter, affair’ is shared by Bulgarian дело, Slovak dielo and Ukrainian діло.
- The Russian meaning ‘act, deed’ is shared by Bosnian djelo, Bulgarian дело, Croatian djelo, Polish dzieło, Serbian дело and Slovak dielo.
- The Russian meaning ‘battle’ is unique.
- The Russian meaning ‘case’ is shared by Bulgarian дело.
- The Russian meaning ‘file, document’ is shared by Bulgarian дело.
- The meaning ‘cannon’ (not present in Russian ‘дело’, translated as ‘пушка’) is attested in Czech dělo, Polish działo and Slovak delo.
- The meaning ‘work’ (not present in Russian ‘дело’, translated as ‘работа’) is attested in Bulgarian дело, Slovenian delo, Lower Sorbian źěło and Upper Sorbian dźěło.
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 |