False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘prawo’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘prawo’:
- right
- to the right
- law
- right legal entitlement
Semasiological map for ‘*(na) pravo’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘prawo’:
- is a complete false friend in Macedonian and Slovenian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Serbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘right’ is shared by Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Russian право, Serbian право, Lower Sorbian pšawo and Upper Sorbian prawo.
- The Polish meaning ‘to the right’ is shared by Belarusian направа, Czech vpravo, Czech napravo, Kashubian w prawo, Kashubian w prawã, Russian направо, Slovak napravo, Slovak vpravo, Lower Sorbian napšawo, Upper Sorbian naprawo and Ukrainian направо.
- The Polish meaning ‘law’ is shared by Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Kashubian prawò, Serbian право and Slovak právo.
- The Polish meaning ‘right legal entitlement’ is shared by Belarusian права, Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Kashubian prawò, Russian право, Serbian право, Slovak právo and Ukrainian право.
- The meaning ‘straight on/ahead’ (not present in Polish ‘prawo’, translated as ‘prosto’) is attested in Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian на право, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Macedonian направо, Macedonian право, Serbian право and Slovenian pravo.
- The meaning ‘right, correct’ (not present in Polish ‘prawo’) is attested in Bulgarian право and Slovenian pravo.
| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Belarusian I. направа | Meaning:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
Meaning in Bulgarian:
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| Bulgarian право (Syn.: (на) право) | Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
Meaning in Croatian:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Czech I. napravo (Syn.: vpravo) | Meaning:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Kashubian I. w prawo (Syn.: w prawã) | Meaning:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
Meaning in Macedonian:
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| Macedonian право (Syn.: (на)право) | Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Slovak I. napravo (Syn.: vpravo) | Meaning:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Lower Sorbian I. pšawo | Meaning:
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Polish prawo See also: na prawo |
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| Ukrainian I. направо | Meaning:
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Semasiological Map for *(na) pravo
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Meanings:  ‘right’ ‘to the right’ ‘straight on/ahead’ ‘law’ ‘right legal entitlement’ ‘right, correct’ no such word no information yet
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| right | to the right | straight on/ahead | law | right legal entitlement | right, correct | |
| Russian направо | + | |||||
| Russian право | + | + | ||||
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| Belarusian направа | + | |||||
| Belarusian права | + | |||||
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| Lower Sorbian pšawo | + | |||||
| Lower Sorbian napšawo | + | |||||
| Upper Sorbian prawo | + | |||||
| Upper Sorbian naprawo | + | |||||
| Czech napravo | + | |||||
| Czech právo | + | + | + | |||
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| Slovak právo | + | + | ||||
| Slovenian pravo | + | + | ||||
| Croatian pravo | + | + | + | + | ||
| Bosnian pravo | + | + | + | + | ||
| Serbian право | + | + | + | + | ||
| Macedonian право | + | |||||
| Bulgarian право | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Meanings | right | to the right | straight on/ahead | law | right legal entitlement | right, correct |