False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘prosto’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘prosto’:
- simple, simply
- vulgar
Semasiological map for ‘*prosto’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘prosto’:
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Croatian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Croatian meaning ‘simple, simply’ is shared by Belarusian проста, Bosnian prosto, Bulgarian просто, Czech prostě, Kashubian prosto, Macedonian просто, Polish prosto, Russian просто, Serbian просто, Slovak proste, Slovenian prosto, Lower Sorbian pšosto and Ukrainian просто.
- The Croatian meaning ‘vulgar’ is shared by Bosnian prosto, Bulgarian прост and Serbian просто.
- The meaning ‘straight on’ (not present in Croatian ‘prosto’, translated as ‘pravo’) is attested in Belarusian проста, Polish prosto, Lower Sorbian pšosto and Ukrainian просто.
- The meaning ‘free’ (not present in Croatian ‘prosto’) is attested in Slovenian prosto.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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Belarusian проста |
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Bulgarian I. просто |
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Czech prostě |
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Macedonian просто |
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Russian просто |
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Serbian просто |
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Slovak proste |
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Slovenian prosto |
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Lower Sorbian pšosto |
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Ukrainian просто |
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Meanings:
‘simple, simply’
‘straight on’
‘free’
‘vulgar’
no such word
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Meanings | simple, simply | straight on | free | vulgar |
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