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