False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘мајка’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘мајка’:
- mother
Semasiological map for ‘majka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘мајка’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Croatian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian, Slovak or Slovenian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘mother’ is shared by Bosnian majka, Bulgarian майка, Croatian majka and Macedonian мајка.
- The meaning ‘dam, female animal’ (not present in Serbian ‘мајка’, translated as ‘женка, мајка животиња’) is attested in Bulgarian майка and Macedonian мајка.
- The meaning ‘nut to screw on a bolt’ (not present in Serbian ‘мајка’, translated as ‘матица’) is attested in Bulgarian майка.
- The meaning ‘gym shirt’ (not present in Serbian ‘мајка’, translated as ‘мајица’) is attested in Belarusian майка, Russian майка and Ukrainian майка.
- The meaning ‘Underpants’ (not present in Serbian ‘мајка’) is attested in Belarusian майткі and Polish majtki.
- The meaning ‘Shirt’ (not present in Serbian ‘мајка’) is attested in Russian майка.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Belarusian:
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| Belarusian I. майка |
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| II. майткі |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Bulgarian:
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| Bulgarian майка |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Croatian:
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| Croatian majka |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Czech májka |
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| Serbian мајка |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Macedonian:
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| Macedonian мајка |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Polish majtki |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Russian:
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| Russian майка |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Lower Sorbian majka |
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning:
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| Ukrainian майка |
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Semasiological Map for majka
                       
majka
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Meanings:  ‘mother’
 ‘dam, female animal’
 ‘nut to screw on a bolt’
 ‘gym shirt’
 ‘Underpants’
 ‘Shirt’
 ‘Other’
 no such word
no information yet
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| mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other | |
| Russian майка | + | + t-shirt |
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| Lower Sorbian majka | + girl |
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| Czech májka | + May pole |
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| Croatian majka | + | ||||||
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| Macedonian мајка | + | + | |||||
| Bulgarian майка | + | + | + | ||||
| Meanings | mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other |