False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘prosto’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘prosto’:
- simple, simply (syn.: ‘preprosto / ant. prosto’)
- free (available)
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘prosto’:
- does not have all its Slovenian meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘simple, simply’ is shared by Belarusian проста, Bosnian prosto, Bulgarian просто, Croatian prosto, Czech prostě, Kashubian prosto, Macedonian просто, Polish prosto, Russian просто, Serbian просто, Slovak proste, Lower Sorbian pšosto and Ukrainian просто.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘free’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘straight on’ (not present in Slovenian ‘prosto’, translated as ‘naravnost’) is attested in Belarusian проста, Polish prosto, Lower Sorbian pšosto and Ukrainian просто.
- The meaning ‘vulgar’ (not present in Slovenian ‘prosto’) is attested in Bosnian prosto, Bulgarian прост, Croatian prosto and Serbian просто.
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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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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simple, simply | straight on | free | vulgar | |
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Slovenian prosto | + | + available |
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Meanings | simple, simply | straight on | free | vulgar |
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