False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘је’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘је’:
- is (to be)
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish and Russian.
Serbian ‘је’:
- The Serbian meaning ‘is (to be)’ is shared by Bosnian je and Croatian je.
- The meaning ‘to eat’ (not present in Serbian ‘је’, translated as ‘једе’) is attested in Polish je and Russian ел.
- The meaning ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ (not present in Serbian ‘је’) is attested in Czech jeti and Czech jel.
- The meaning ‘to have sex vulg.’ (not present in Serbian ‘је’) is attested in Russian ети and Russian еть.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
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| Bosnian je |
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| Croatian je |
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| Czech I. jeti |
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| II. jel |
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| Russian I. еть (Syn.: ети) |
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Meanings:  ‘is (to be)’
 ‘to eat’
 ‘to drive, to ride, to go’
 ‘to have sex vulg.’
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| is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. | |
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| Russian ел | + ate/eaten |
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| Polish je | + eats |
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| Czech jel | + drove/driven, rode/ridden, went/gone |
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| Meanings | is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. |