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