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