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