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