False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘bystrý’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘bystrý’:
- quick
- sharp-witted, keen intellect
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘bystrý’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian.
- is a true friend in Russian and Slovak.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Slovenian and Serbian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Ukrainian.
- The Czech meaning ‘quick’ is shared by Kashubian bëstri, Polish bystry, Russian быстрый and Slovak bystrý.
- The Czech meaning ‘sharp-witted, keen intellect’ is shared by Bosnian bistar, Croatian bistar, Kashubian bëstri, Polish bystry, Russian быстрый, Serbian бистар, Slovak bystrý and Slovenian bister.
- The meaning ‘lively, awake’ (not present in Czech ‘bystrý’) is attested in Slovenian bister.
- The meaning ‘witty’ (not present in Czech ‘bystrý’) is attested in Kashubian bëstri and Polish bystry.
- The meaning ‘sharp hearing’ (not present in Czech ‘bystrý’) is attested in Kashubian bëstri and Polish bystry.
- The meaning ‘clear’ (not present in Czech ‘bystrý’) is attested in Bosnian bistar, Bulgarian бистър, Croatian bistar, Polish bystry, Serbian бистар and Slovenian bister.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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Croatian bistar |
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Serbian бистар |
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Slovenian bister |
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Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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*bystrъ
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Meanings:
‘quick’
‘lively, awake’
‘witty’
‘sharp-witted, keen intellect’
‘sharp hearing’
‘clear’
no such word
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quick | lively, awake | witty | sharp-witted, keen intellect | sharp hearing | clear | |
Russian быстрый | + | + | ||||
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Polish bystry | + | + | + | + | + | |
Kashubian bëstri | + | + | + | + | ||
Czech bystrý | + | + | ||||
Slovak bystrý | + | + | ||||
Slovenian bister | + | + | + | |||
Croatian bistar | + | + | ||||
Bosnian bistar | + | + | ||||
Serbian бистар | + | + | ||||
Bulgarian бистър | + | |||||
Meanings | quick | lively, awake | witty | sharp-witted, keen intellect | sharp hearing | clear |