False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘modar’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘modar’:
- dark blue as colour of face or body
- light blue
Semasiological map for ‘*modrъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘modar’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- does not have all its Croatian meanings in Kashubian, Polish, Slovak and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovenian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian, Russian or Ukrainian.
- The Croatian meaning ‘dark blue as colour of face or body’ is shared by Serbian модар, Slovenian moder, Lower Sorbian módry and Upper Sorbian módry.
- The Croatian meaning ‘light blue’ is shared by Kashubian mòdri, Polish modry, Slovak modrý, Slovenian moder, Lower Sorbian módry and Upper Sorbian módry.
- The meaning ‘blue’ (not present in Croatian ‘modar’) is attested in Polish modry, Lower Sorbian módry and Upper Sorbian módry.
- The meaning ‘blue like cornflower’ (not present in Croatian ‘modar’) is attested in Kashubian mòdri, Polish modry and Slovenian moder.
- The meaning ‘wise’ (not present in Croatian ‘modar’) is attested in Bulgarian мъдър, Macedonian мудар and Slovenian moder.
- The meaning ‘clever, smart’ (not present in Croatian ‘modar’) is attested in Polish mądry.
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Russian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovenian moder |
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Lower Sorbian módry |
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Upper Sorbian módry |
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Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *modrъ
*modrъ
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Meanings:
‘blue’
‘dark blue as colour of face or body’
‘light blue’
‘blue like cornflower’
‘wise’
‘clever, smart’
no such word
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blue | dark blue as colour of face or body | light blue | blue like cornflower | wise | clever, smart | |
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Serbian модар | + | |||||
Macedonian мудар | + | |||||
Bulgarian мъдър | + | |||||
Meanings | blue | dark blue as colour of face or body | light blue | blue like cornflower | wise | clever, smart |