False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘запомнить’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘запомнить’:
- to memorize, to remember
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘запомнить’:
- is a complete false friend in Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Slovak or Serbian.
- The Russian meaning ‘to memorize, to remember’ is shared by Belarusian запомніць, Bulgarian запомня, Macedonian запомни, Slovenian zapomniti and Ukrainian запам'ятати.
- The meaning ‘to forget’ (not present in Russian ‘запомнить’, translated as ‘забыть’) is attested in Belarusian запамяціць, Czech zapomenout, Polish zapomnieć, Lower Sorbian zapomnjeś and Upper Sorbian zapomnić.
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| Belarusian I. запомніць |
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| II. запамяціць |
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| Bosnian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Croatian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Czech zapomenout |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Macedonian запомни |
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| Polish zapomnieć |
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| Serbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Slovenian zapomniti |
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| Lower Sorbian zapomnjeś |
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| Upper Sorbian zapomnić |
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| Ukrainian запам'ятати |
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Meanings:  ‘to memorize, to remember’
 ‘to forget’
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| to memorize, to remember | to forget | |
| Russian запомнить | + | |
| Ukrainian запам'ятати | + | |
| Belarusian запомніць | + | |
| Belarusian запамяціць | + | |
| Polish zapomnieć | + | |
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| Lower Sorbian zapomnjeś | + | |
| Upper Sorbian zapomnić | + | |
| Czech zapomenout | + | |
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| Slovenian zapomniti | + | |
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| Macedonian запомни | + | |
| Bulgarian запомня | + | |
| Meanings | to memorize, to remember | to forget |