False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘za’
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘za’:
- behind
- in temporal
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Upper Sorbian ‘za’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian, Croatian and Russian.
- does not have all its Upper Sorbian meanings in Belarusian and Slovenian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘behind’ is shared by Belarusian за, Czech za, Kashubian za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za, Slovenian za, Lower Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘in temporal’ is shared by Czech za, Kashubian za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za, Lower Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.
- The meaning ‘for’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘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 Upper Sorbian ‘za’) is attested in Belarusian з-за, Croatian za and Russian из-за.
- The meaning ‘during’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘za’) is attested in Belarusian за, Croatian za, Czech za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za and Ukrainian за.
- The meaning ‘after’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘za’) is attested in Bulgarian за, Croatian za, Kashubian za, Polish za and Slovenian za.
- The meaning ‘like, as’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘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’
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Meanings | behind | for | because of | during | after | like, as | in temporal |
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