False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘jel’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘jel’:
- to drive, to ride, to go (drove/driven, rode/ridden, went/gone, syn.: ‘jedl’)
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian and Serbian.
Czech ‘jel’:
- The Czech meaning ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ is shared by
- The meaning ‘is (to be)’ (not present in Czech ‘jel’) is attested in Bosnian je, Croatian je and Serbian је.
- The meaning ‘to eat’ (not present in Czech ‘jel’) is attested in Polish je and Russian ел.
- The meaning ‘to have sex vulg.’ (not present in Czech ‘jel’, translated as ‘šoustati’) 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.
| Czech jel See also: jeti |
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| Czech jel See also: jeti |
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| Croatian je | Meaning:
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| Czech jel See also: jeti |
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| Czech jel See also: jeti |
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| Russian I. еть (Syn.: ети) | Meaning in Czech:
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| II. ел | Meaning:
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| Czech jel See also: jeti |
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| Serbian је | Meaning:
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Meanings:  ‘is (to be)’ ‘to eat’ ‘to drive, to ride, to go’ ‘to have sex vulg.’ no such word no information yet
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| is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. | |
| Russian еть | + | |||
| Russian ел | + ate/eaten | |||
| Polish je | + eats | |||
| Czech jeti | + | |||
| Czech jel | + drove/driven, rode/ridden, went/gone | |||
| Croatian je | + | |||
| Bosnian je | + | |||
| Serbian је | + | |||
| Meanings | is (to be) | to eat | to drive, to ride, to go | to have sex vulg. |
