False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovak ‘mesto’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘mesto’:
- city, town
Semasiological map for ‘*město’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Slovak ‘mesto’:
- The Slovak meaning ‘city, town’ is shared by Czech město, Polish miasto, Slovenian mesto and Ukrainian місто.
- The meaning ‘place’ (not present in Slovak ‘mesto’) is attested in Bosnian mjesto, Bulgarian място, Croatian mjesto, Czech místo, Macedonian место, Russian место, Serbian место and Slovak miesto.
- The meaning ‘ihnabited place, locality’ (not present in Slovak ‘mesto’) is attested in Croatian mjesto.
- The meaning ‘place in geometrical sense’ (not present in Slovak ‘mesto’) is attested in Croatian mjesto and Slovenian mesto.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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| Slovak mesto See also: miesto |
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Semasiological Map for *město
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Meanings:  ‘city, town’ ‘place’ ‘ihnabited place, locality’ ‘place in geometrical sense’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | city, town | place | ihnabited place, locality | place in geometrical sense |