False Friends in Slavic Languages
Macedonian ‘вреден’
The database knows following meanings of the Macedonian word ‘вреден’:
- able, clever
Semasiological map for ‘*verdьnъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Macedonian ‘вреден’:
- The Macedonian meaning ‘able, clever’ is shared by Bulgarian вреден.
- The meaning ‘precious’ (not present in Macedonian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘драгоцен’) is attested in Bosnian vrijedan, Croatian vrijedan, Serbian вредан and Slovenian vreden.
- The meaning ‘harmful’ (not present in Macedonian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘штетен’) is attested in Bulgarian вреден and Russian вредный.
- The meaning ‘nasty, repulsive’ (not present in Macedonian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘гаден, одвратен’) is attested in Polish wredny.
- The meaning ‘insidious, deceitful’ (not present in Macedonian ‘вреден’, translated as ‘фалшив, лажан, лукав’) is attested in Polish wredny.
- The meaning ‘hard-working’ (not present in Macedonian ‘вреден’) 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. |
| Macedonian вреден |
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| Bosnian vrijedan |
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| Bulgarian вреден |
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| Croatian vrijedan |
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| Czech ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Macedonian вреден |
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| Polish wredny |
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| Russian вредный |
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| Serbian вредан |
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Macedonian вреден |
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| Slovenian vreden |
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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
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| Croatian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
| Bosnian vrijedan | + | + | ||||
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| Meanings | precious | harmful | able, clever | nasty, repulsive | insidious, deceitful | hard-working |