False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘булка’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘булка’:
- roll, white bread
Semasiological map for ‘bulka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘булка’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian, Czech, Polish and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Slovak or Upper Sorbian.
- The Russian meaning ‘roll, white bread’ is shared by Belarusian булка, Czech bulka, Polish bułka and Ukrainian булка.
- The meaning ‘bride’ (not present in Russian ‘булка’, translated as ‘невеста’) is attested in Bulgarian булка.
- The meaning ‘young woman’ (not present in Russian ‘булка’, translated as ‘девушка’) is attested in Bulgarian булка.
- The meaning ‘a species of poppy’ (not present in Russian ‘булка’) is attested in Macedonian булка and Serbian булка.
NB: No information yet for Slovenian.
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Bosnian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Croatian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Lower Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Upper Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Semasiological Map for bulka
bulka
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Meanings:
‘bride’
‘young woman’
‘roll, white bread’
‘a species of poppy’
no such word
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bride | young woman | roll, white bread | a species of poppy | |
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Meanings | bride | young woman | roll, white bread | a species of poppy |