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