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. |
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| Czech ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *verdьnъ
                      *verdьnъ
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Meanings:  ‘precious’ ‘harmful’ ‘able, clever’ ‘nasty, repulsive’ ‘insidious, deceitful’ ‘hard-working’ no such word no information yet
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| *verdьnъ | ||||||
| precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working | |
| Russian вредный | + | |||||
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| Polish wredny | + | + | ||||
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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 |