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