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