False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘brać’
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘brać’:
- take
- pick up
- take away
- come here
- record
Semasiological map for ‘*bьrati’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Upper Sorbian ‘brać’:
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘take’ is shared by Belarusian браць, Czech brát, Kashubian brac, Polish brać, Russian брать, Slovak brať, Slovenian brati, Slovenian pobrati, Lower Sorbian braś and Ukrainian брати.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘pick up’ is shared by Belarusian браць, Kashubian brac, Slovenian brati, Slovenian pobrati, Lower Sorbian braś and Ukrainian брати.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘take away’ is shared by Belarusian браць, Kashubian brac, Polish brać, Slovak brať, Slovenian brati, Slovenian pobrati, Lower Sorbian braś and Ukrainian брати.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘come here’ is shared by Lower Sorbian braś.
- The meaning ‘read’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘brać’) is attested in Slovenian brati and Slovenian pobrati.
- The meaning ‘receive’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘brać’) is attested in Belarusian браць, Czech brát, Kashubian brac, Polish brać, Slovak brať and Ukrainian брати.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian.
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Semasiological Map for *bьrati
                                        *bьrati
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Meanings:  ‘take’ ‘read’ ‘pick up’ ‘take away’ ‘come here’ ‘receive’ ‘Other’ no such word no information yet
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| *bьrati | |||||||
| take | read | pick up | take away | come here | receive | Other | |
| Russian брать | + | + conquer | |||||
| Ukrainian брати | + | + | + | + | + conquer | ||
| Belarusian браць | + | + | + | + | + conquer | ||
| Polish brać | + | + | + | ||||
| Kashubian brac | + | + | + | + | |||
| Lower Sorbian braś | + | + | + | + | + record | ||
| Upper Sorbian brać | + | + | + | + | + record | ||
| Czech brát | + | + | |||||
| Slovak brať | + | + | + | ||||
| Slovenian brati impf, (po)brati (pf) impf | + | + | + | + | + collect Russian ‘собирать’ | ||
| Meanings | take | read | pick up | take away | come here | receive | Other |