False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘chyba’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘chyba’:
- perhaps
- probably
Semasiological map for ‘*chyba’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘chyba’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Russian.
- The Polish meaning ‘perhaps’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘probably’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘error, fault’ (not present in Polish ‘chyba’, translated as ‘błąd’) is attested in Czech chyba, Slovak chyba, Slovenian hiba and Ukrainian хиба.
- The meaning ‘defect’ (not present in Polish ‘chyba’, translated as ‘wada’) is attested in Ukrainian хиба.
- The meaning ‘except’ (not present in Polish ‘chyba’) is attested in Upper Sorbian chiba.
- The meaning ‘really’ (not present in Polish ‘chyba’) is attested in Belarusian хіба and Ukrainian хіба.
- The meaning ‘crime’ (not present in Polish ‘chyba’) is attested in Slovenian hiba.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian and Lower Sorbian.
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| Russian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Semasiological Map for *chyba
                *chyba
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Meanings:  ‘error, fault’ ‘defect’ ‘except’ ‘perhaps’ ‘probably’ ‘really’ ‘crime’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | error, fault | defect | except | perhaps | probably | really | crime |
