False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘mír’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘mír’:
- peace
- quiet, stillness
- hist. municipality, parish, commune (syn.: ‘mír, občina’)
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘mír’:
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Polish and Russian.
- The Czech meaning ‘peace’ is shared by Belarusian мір, Bosnian mir, Bulgarian мир, Croatian mir, Kashubian mir, Polish mir, Russian мир, Serbian мир, Slovak mier, Slovenian mir, Lower Sorbian měr, Upper Sorbian měr and Ukrainian мир.
- The Czech meaning ‘quiet, stillness’ is shared by Belarusian мір, Bosnian mir, Bulgarian мир, Croatian mir, Kashubian mir, Polish mir, Russian мир, Serbian мир, Slovak mier, Slovenian mir, Lower Sorbian měr and Ukrainian мир.
- The Czech meaning ‘hist. municipality, parish, commune’ is shared by Russian мир.
- The meaning ‘world’ (not present in Czech ‘mír’, translated as ‘svět’) is attested in Russian мир.
- The meaning ‘authority, prestige’ (not present in Czech ‘mír’, translated as ‘vážnost, autorita’) is attested in Polish mir.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Lower Sorbian měr |
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Ukrainian мир |
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*mirъ
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Meanings:
‘peace’
‘quiet, stillness’
‘world’
‘authority, prestige’
‘hist. municipality, parish, commune’
no such word
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peace | quiet, stillness | world | authority, prestige | hist. municipality, parish, commune | |
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Meanings | peace | quiet, stillness | world | authority, prestige | hist. municipality, parish, commune |