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