False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘chiba’:
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’:
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘except’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘error, fault’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’, translated as ‘zmylk’) is attested in Czech chyba, Slovak chyba, Slovenian hiba and Ukrainian хиба.
- The meaning ‘defect’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’) is attested in Ukrainian хиба.
- The meaning ‘perhaps’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’) is attested in Polish chyba.
- The meaning ‘probably’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’) is attested in Polish chyba.
- The meaning ‘really’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’) is attested in Belarusian хіба and Ukrainian хіба.
- The meaning ‘crime’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘chiba’) is attested in Slovenian hiba.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian and Lower Sorbian.
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Belarusian хіба |
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Czech chyba |
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Polish chyba |
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Slovak chyba |
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Slovenian hiba |
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Ukrainian I. хиба |
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II. хіба |
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*chyba
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Meanings:
‘error, fault’
‘defect’
‘except’
‘perhaps’
‘probably’
‘really’
‘crime’
no such word
no information yet
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error, fault | defect | except | perhaps | probably | really | crime | |
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Meanings | error, fault | defect | except | perhaps | probably | really | crime |
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