False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘право’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘право’:
- right
- straight on/ahead
- 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, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘право’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Kashubian and Slovak.
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Croatian.
- does not have all its Serbian meanings in Belarusian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Polish and Slovenian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘right’ is shared by Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Polish prawo, Russian право, Lower Sorbian pšawo and Upper Sorbian prawo.
- The Serbian meaning ‘straight on/ahead’ is shared by Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian на право, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Macedonian направо, Macedonian право and Slovenian pravo.
- The Serbian meaning ‘law’ is shared by Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Kashubian prawò, Polish prawo and Slovak právo.
- The Serbian meaning ‘right legal entitlement’ is shared by Belarusian права, Bosnian pravo, Bulgarian право, Croatian pravo, Czech právo, Kashubian prawò, Polish prawo, Russian право, Slovak právo and Ukrainian право.
- The meaning ‘to the right’ (not present in Serbian ‘право’, translated as ‘надесно’) is attested in Belarusian направа, Czech vpravo, Czech napravo, Kashubian w prawo, Kashubian w prawã, Polish na prawo, Polish prawo, Russian направо, Slovak napravo, Slovak vpravo, Lower Sorbian napšawo, Upper Sorbian naprawo and Ukrainian направо.
- The meaning ‘right, correct’ (not present in Serbian ‘право’) is attested in Bulgarian право and Slovenian pravo.
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Meaning in Belarusian:
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| Czech I. napravo (Syn.: vpravo) | Meaning in Serbian:
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| Kashubian I. w prawo (Syn.: w prawã) | Meaning in Serbian:
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| Slovak I. napravo (Syn.: vpravo) | Meaning in Serbian:
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| Lower Sorbian I. pšawo | Meaning:
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| II. napšawo | Meaning in Serbian:
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Meaning in Ukrainian:
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Semasiological Map for *(na) pravo
                                                    *(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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| Bosnian pravo | + | + | + | + | ||
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| Meanings | right | to the right | straight on/ahead | law | right legal entitlement | right, correct |