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