False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘drużyna’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘drużyna’:
- party of people, squad
- sports team
Semasiological map for ‘drużyna’
The database has information related to this term for Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘drużyna’:
- The Polish meaning ‘party of people, squad’ is shared by Ukrainian дружина.
- The Polish meaning ‘sports team’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘family’ (not present in Polish ‘drużyna’) is attested in Slovenian družina.
- The meaning ‘army’ (not present in Polish ‘drużyna’) is attested in Russian дружина.
- The meaning ‘retinue’ (not present in Polish ‘drużyna’) is attested in Slovak družina.
- The meaning ‘wife’ (not present in Polish ‘drużyna’, translated as ‘żona’) is attested in Ukrainian дружина.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Russian дружина |
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| Ukrainian дружина |
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Meanings:  ‘family’
 ‘army’
 ‘party of people, squad’
 ‘sports team’
 ‘retinue’
 ‘wife’
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| Meanings | family | army | party of people, squad | sports team | retinue | wife |