False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘druh’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘druh’:
- friend (poet., syn.: ‘přítel’)
- sort, type
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘druh’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian and Russian.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Ukrainian.
- The Czech meaning ‘friend’ is shared by Russian друг and Ukrainian друг.
- The Czech meaning ‘sort, type’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘another’ (not present in Czech ‘druh’, translated as ‘jiný’) is attested in Bulgarian друг and Russian другой.
- The meaning ‘second’ (not present in Czech ‘druh’) is attested in Belarusian другі and Bulgarian друг.
NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
| Czech druh |
Meaning:
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| Belarusian другі |
Meaning:
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| Czech druh |
Meaning in Bulgarian:
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| Bulgarian друг |
Meaning in Czech:
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| Czech druh |
Meaning:
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| Russian I. другой |
Meaning in Czech:
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| II. друг |
Meaning in Czech:
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| Czech druh |
Meaning in Ukrainian:
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| Ukrainian друг |
Meaning in Czech:
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Meanings:  ‘another’
 ‘friend’
 ‘sort, type’
 ‘second’
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| Czech druh | + poet. |
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| Meanings | another | friend | sort, type | second |
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