False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘za’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘za’:
- behind
- during (syn.: ‘przez’)
- after ()
- in temporal (syn. ‘przez’) (syn.: ‘przez’)
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘za’:
- is a complete false friend in Russian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Polish meaning ‘behind’ is shared by Belarusian за, Czech za, Kashubian za, Russian за, Slovak za, Slovenian za, Lower Sorbian za, Upper Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.
- The Polish meaning ‘during’ is shared by Belarusian за, Croatian za, Czech za, Russian за, Slovak za and Ukrainian за.
- The Polish meaning ‘after’ is shared by Bulgarian за, Croatian za, Kashubian za and Slovenian za.
- The Polish meaning ‘in temporal’ is shared by Czech za, Kashubian za, Russian за, Slovak za, Lower Sorbian za, Upper Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.
- The meaning ‘for’ (not present in Polish ‘za’) is attested in Belarusian за, Bulgarian за, Croatian za, Czech za, Kashubian za, Russian за, Slovak za, Slovenian za and Ukrainian за.
- The meaning ‘because of’ (not present in Polish ‘za’) is attested in Belarusian з-за, Croatian za and Russian из-за.
- The meaning ‘like, as’ (not present in Polish ‘za’) is attested in Kashubian za and Lower Sorbian za.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Macedonian and Serbian.
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Meanings | behind | for | because of | during | after | like, as | in temporal |