False Friends in Slavic Languages
Belarusian ‘дума’
The database knows following meanings of the Belarusian word ‘дума’:
- thought
- East Slavonic folk song
- parliament
Semasiological map for ‘*duma’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Belarusian ‘дума’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian and Polish.
- is a true friend in Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Belarusian meanings in Slovak.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Serbian or Upper Sorbian.
- The Belarusian meaning ‘thought’ is shared by Russian дума and Ukrainian дума.
- The Belarusian meaning ‘East Slavonic folk song’ is shared by Russian дума, Slovak duma and Ukrainian дума.
- The Belarusian meaning ‘parliament’ is shared by Russian дума and Ukrainian дума.
- The meaning ‘word’ (not present in Belarusian ‘дума’, translated as ‘слова’) is attested in Bulgarian дума.
- The meaning ‘pride’ (not present in Belarusian ‘дума’, translated as ‘гордасць’) is attested in Polish duma.
NB: No information yet for Slovenian.
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Bosnian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Bulgarian дума |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Croatian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Czech ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
Meaning in Polish:
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Russian дума |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Serbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Slovak duma |
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| Lower Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Belarusian дума See also: думка |
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| Upper Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Ukrainian дума |
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*duma
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Meanings:  ‘thought’
 ‘East Slavonic folk song’
 ‘parliament’
 ‘word’
 ‘pride’
 no such word
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| Meanings | thought | East Slavonic folk song | parliament | word | pride |