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