False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘отац’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘отац’:
- father
- clergyman, priest
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘отац’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Slovak and Slovenian.
- does not have all its Serbian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Czech, Polish and Russian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘father’ is shared by Bosnian otac, Croatian otac, Czech otec, Polish ojciec, Russian отец, Slovak otec and Slovenian oče.
- The Serbian meaning ‘clergyman, priest’ is shared by Belarusian айцец, Bosnian otac, Bulgarian отец, Croatian otac, Czech otec, Macedonian отец, Polish ojciec, Russian отец, Slovak otec, Slovenian oče and Ukrainian отець.
- The meaning ‘forefather’ (not present in Serbian ‘отац’) is attested in Lower Sorbian wóśc and Upper Sorbian wótc.
- The meaning ‘grandad, grandpa’ (not present in Serbian ‘отац’) is attested in Russian отец.
- The meaning ‘godfather’ (not present in Serbian ‘отац’) is attested in Russian отец.
- The meaning ‘author’ (not present in Serbian ‘отац’) is attested in Czech otec and Polish ojciec.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian.
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Croatian otac |
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Czech otec |
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Macedonian отец |
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Polish ojciec |
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Russian отец |
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Slovak otec |
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Slovenian oče |
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Lower Sorbian wóśc |
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Upper Sorbian wótc |
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Ukrainian отець |
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*otьcь
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Meanings:
‘father’
‘forefather’
‘grandad, grandpa’
‘clergyman, priest’
‘godfather’
‘author’
no such word
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father | forefather | grandad, grandpa | clergyman, priest | godfather | author | |
Russian отец | + | + | + | + | ||
Ukrainian отець | + | |||||
Belarusian айцец | + | |||||
Polish ojciec | + | + | + | |||
Lower Sorbian wóśc | + | |||||
Upper Sorbian wótc | + | |||||
Czech otec | + | + | + | |||
Slovak otec | + | + | ||||
Slovenian oče | + | + | ||||
Croatian otac | + | + | ||||
Bosnian otac | + | + | ||||
Serbian отац | + | + | ||||
Macedonian отец | + | |||||
Bulgarian отец | + | |||||
Meanings | father | forefather | grandad, grandpa | clergyman, priest | godfather | author |