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