False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘bujan’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘bujan’:
- rich
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘bujan’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Lower Sorbian and Slovenian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian.
- The meaning ‘impetuous’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Bulgarian буен, Czech bujný, Russian буйный and Ukrainian буйний.
- The meaning ‘unbridled’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Bulgarian буен, Czech bujný, Russian буйный, Slovak bujný and Ukrainian буйний.
- The meaning ‘luxuriant’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Belarusian буйны, Bulgarian буен, Czech bujný, Polish bujny, Russian буйный, Slovak bujný, Slovenian bujen, Lower Sorbian bujny, Upper Sorbian bujny and Ukrainian буйний.
- The meaning ‘daring, bold’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Russian буйный and Ukrainian буйний.
- The meaning ‘wild’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Russian буйный.
- The meaning ‘large’ (not present in Croatian ‘bujan’) is attested in Belarusian буйны.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Macedonian and Serbian.
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Bulgarian буен |
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Czech bujný |
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Russian буйный |
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Slovenian bujen |
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Lower Sorbian bujny |
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Ukrainian буйний |
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Meanings:
‘impetuous’
‘unbridled’
‘luxuriant’
‘daring, bold’
‘wild’
‘large’
‘Other’
no such word
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impetuous | unbridled | luxuriant | daring, bold | wild | large | Other | |
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Lower Sorbian bujny | + | + strange |
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Slovenian bujen | + | + lively |
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Croatian bujan | + rich |
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Bulgarian буен | + | + | + | ||||
Meanings | impetuous | unbridled | luxuriant | daring, bold | wild | large | Other |
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