False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘pápá’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘pápá’:
- bye-bye!
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘pápá’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian and Russian.
- is a true friend in Slovenian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Croatian, Polish, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- The Czech meaning ‘bye-bye!’ is shared by Bosnian papa, Croatian papa, Polish papa, Serbian папа, Slovenian papa and Ukrainian папа.
- The meaning ‘dad’ (not present in Czech ‘pápá’) is attested in Polish papa, Russian папа and Lower Sorbian papa.
- The meaning ‘the Pope’ (not present in Czech ‘pápá’) is attested in Belarusian папа, Bosnian papa, Bulgarian папа, Croatian papa, Russian папа, Serbian папа and Ukrainian папа.
- The meaning ‘cardboard, pasteboard’ (not present in Czech ‘pápá’) is attested in Polish papa and Lower Sorbian papa.
- The meaning ‘mash’ (not present in Czech ‘pápá’) is attested in Lower Sorbian papa.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
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Semasiological Map for papa
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Meanings:  ‘dad’ ‘the Pope’ ‘cardboard, pasteboard’ ‘bye-bye!’ ‘mash’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | dad | the Pope | cardboard, pasteboard | bye-bye! | mash |