False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘wredny’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘wredny’:
- nasty, repulsive
- insidious, deceitful
Semasiological map for ‘*verdьnъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘wredny’:
- The Polish meaning ‘nasty, repulsive’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘insidious, deceitful’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘precious’ (not present in Polish ‘wredny’, translated as ‘cenny, wartościowy’) is attested in Bosnian vrijedan, Croatian vrijedan, Serbian вредан and Slovenian vreden.
- The meaning ‘harmful’ (not present in Polish ‘wredny’, translated as ‘szkodliwy’) is attested in Bulgarian вреден and Russian вредный.
- The meaning ‘able, clever’ (not present in Polish ‘wredny’, translated as ‘dzielny, zdolny, zręczny’) is attested in Bulgarian вреден and Macedonian вреден.
- The meaning ‘hard-working’ (not present in Polish ‘wredny’) is attested in Bosnian vrijedan, Croatian vrijedan and Serbian вредан.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Polish wredny |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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Bosnian vrijedan | Meaning in Polish:
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Bulgarian вреден | Meaning in Polish:
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Croatian vrijedan | Meaning in Polish:
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Czech ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Polish wredny |
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Macedonian вреден | Meaning in Polish:
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Serbian вредан | Meaning in Polish:
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Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovenian vreden | Meaning in Polish:
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Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *verdьnъ
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*verdьnъ | ||||||
precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working | |
Russian вредный | + | |||||
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Slovenian vreden | + | |||||
Croatian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
Bosnian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
Serbian вредан | + | + | ||||
Macedonian вреден | + | |||||
Bulgarian вреден | + | + | ||||
Meanings | precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working |