False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovak ‘havária’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘havária’:
- catastrophe, disaster
Semasiological map for ‘havária’
The database has information related to this term for Polish.
Slovak ‘havária’:
- is a complete false friend in Polish.
- The Slovak meaning ‘catastrophe, disaster’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘failure’ (not present in Slovak ‘havária’, translated as ‘porucha’) is attested in Polish awaria.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
| Slovak havária |
Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish awaria |
Meaning in Slovak:
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Meanings:  ‘catastrophe, disaster’
 ‘failure’
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| Slovak havária | + | |
| Meanings | catastrophe, disaster | failure |