False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘szukać’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘szukać’:
- to look for something
Semasiological map for ‘szukać’
The database has information related to this term for Czech and Slovak.
Polish ‘szukać’:
- The Polish meaning ‘to look for something’ is shared by Czech šukat.
- The meaning ‘to bustle around to be busily astir’ (not present in Polish ‘szukać’) is attested in Czech šukat.
- The meaning ‘to have sex vulg.’ (not present in Polish ‘szukać’, translated as ‘pierdolić, ruchać’) is attested in Czech šukat and Slovak šukať.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
| Polish szukać |
Meaning in Czech:
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| Czech šukat | Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish szukać |
Meaning in Slovak:
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| Slovak šukať | Meaning in Polish:
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Meanings:  ‘to look for something’ ‘to bustle around to be busily astir’ ‘to have sex vulg.’ no such word no information yet
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| to look for something | to bustle around to be busily astir | to have sex vulg. | |
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| Meanings | to look for something | to bustle around to be busily astir | to have sex vulg. |