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