False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘głowa’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘głowa’:
- head
- nucleus of comet
- bloom
- hairdo, hairstyle
Semasiological map for ‘glava < *golva’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘głowa’:
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘head’ is shared by Belarusian галава, Bosnian glava, Bulgarian глава, Croatian glava, Czech hlava, Kashubian głowa, Macedonian глава, Russian глава, Serbian глава, Slovak hlava, Slovenian glava, Lower Sorbian głowa, Upper Sorbian hłowa and Ukrainian голова.
- The Polish meaning ‘nucleus of comet’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘bloom’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘leader’ (not present in Polish ‘głowa’) is attested in Belarusian галава, Bosnian glava, Bulgarian глава, Croatian glava, Czech hlava, Russian глава, Serbian глава, Slovak hlava, Slovenian glava, Upper Sorbian hłowa and Ukrainian голова.
- The meaning ‘chapter’ (not present in Polish ‘głowa’) is attested in Bosnian glava, Bulgarian глава, Czech hlava, Russian глава, Serbian глава and Slovak hlava.
- The meaning ‘dome, vault’ (not present in Polish ‘głowa’) is attested in Russian глава.
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Croatian glava |
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Slovenian glava |
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Lower Sorbian głowa |
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glava < *golva
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Meanings:
‘head’
‘leader’
‘chapter’
‘dome, vault’
‘nucleus of comet’
‘bloom’
‘Other’
no such word
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head | leader | chapter | dome, vault | nucleus of comet | bloom | Other | |
Russian глава | + arch. |
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Polish głowa | + | + | + | + hairdo, hairstyle |
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Slovak hlava | + | + | + | ||||
Slovenian glava | + | + | |||||
Croatian glava | + | + | |||||
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Meanings | head | leader | chapter | dome, vault | nucleus of comet | bloom | Other |