False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘година’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘година’:
- time, hour poet.
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘година’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Slovenian.
- The Russian meaning ‘time, hour poet.’ is shared by Belarusian гадзіна, Czech hodina, Kashubian gòdzëna, Polish godzina, Slovak hodina and Ukrainian година.
- The meaning ‘hour’ (not present in Russian ‘година’, translated as ‘час’) is attested in Belarusian гадзіна, Czech hodina, Kashubian gòdzëna, Polish godzina, Slovak hodina, Lower Sorbian góźina, Upper Sorbian hodźina and Ukrainian година.
- The meaning ‘year’ (not present in Russian ‘година’, translated as ‘год’) is attested in Bosnian godina, Bulgarian година, Croatian godina, Macedonian година and Serbian година.
- The meaning ‘nice weather’ (not present in Russian ‘година’) is attested in Ukrainian година.
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| Belarusian гадзіна |
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| Bosnian godina |
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| Bulgarian година |
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| Croatian godina |
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| Czech hodina |
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| Russian година |
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| Kashubian gòdzëna |
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| Russian година |
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| Macedonian година |
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| Polish godzina |
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| Russian година |
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| Serbian година |
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| Russian година |
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| Slovak hodina |
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| Russian година |
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| Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Russian година |
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| Lower Sorbian góźina |
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| Russian година |
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| Upper Sorbian hodźina |
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| Russian година |
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| Ukrainian година |
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Meanings:  ‘hour’
 ‘time, hour poet.’
 ‘year’
 ‘nice weather’
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| Polish godzina | + | + | ||
| Kashubian gòdzëna | + | + | ||
| Lower Sorbian góźina | + | |||
| Upper Sorbian hodźina | + | |||
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| Slovak hodina | + | + | ||
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| Croatian godina | + | |||
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| Bulgarian година | + | |||
| Meanings | hour | time, hour poet. | year | nice weather |