False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovak ‘dieťa’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘dieťa’:
- child
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovak ‘dieťa’:
- is a complete false friend in Slovenian.
- is a true friend in Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and Serbian.
- The Slovak meaning ‘child’ is shared by Belarusian дзіцяця, Belarusian дзіця, Bosnian dijete, Bulgarian дете, Bulgarian детенце, Bulgarian дечко, Croatian dijete, Czech dítě, Kashubian dzeckò, Kashubian dzecã, Polish dziecko, Russian дитя, Serbian дете, Lower Sorbian źiśe, Upper Sorbian dźěćo and Ukrainian дитина.
- The meaning ‘baby’ (not present in Slovak ‘dieťa’) is attested in Belarusian дзіцяця, Belarusian дзіця, Bosnian dijete, Croatian dijete, Russian дитя, Serbian дете and Slovenian dete.
- The meaning ‘child disparagingly, tenderness’ (not present in Slovak ‘dieťa’) is attested in Bulgarian дечко.
- The meaning ‘little child’ (not present in Slovak ‘dieťa’) is attested in Bulgarian детенце.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Belarusian дзіця (Syn.: дзіцяця) |
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Kashubian dzecã (Syn.: dzeckò) |
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Polish dziecko |
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Upper Sorbian dźěćo |
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Ukrainian дитина |
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‘child’
‘baby’
‘child disparagingly, tenderness’
‘little child’
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child | baby | child disparagingly, tenderness | little child | |
Russian дитя | + | + | ||
Ukrainian дитина | + | |||
Belarusian дзіця | + | + | ||
Polish dziecko | + | |||
Kashubian dzecã | + | |||
Lower Sorbian źiśe | + | |||
Upper Sorbian dźěćo | + | |||
Czech dítě | + | |||
Slovak dieťa | + | |||
Slovenian dete | + | |||
Croatian dijete | + | + | ||
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Meanings | child | baby | child disparagingly, tenderness | little child |