False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘přeprošeć’ impf
Grammar: přeprosyć pf
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘přeprošeć’:
- to invite
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The database has information related to this term for Polish, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Upper Sorbian ‘přeprošeć’:
- is a complete false friend in Polish.
- is a true friend in Lower Sorbian.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘to invite’ is shared by Lower Sorbian pśepšosowaś and Lower Sorbian pśepšosyś.
- The meaning ‘to interrogate’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘přeprošeć’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pśepšašaś and Lower Sorbian pśepšašowaś.
- The meaning ‘to apologize’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘přeprošeć’, translated as ‘so zamołwjeć impf / so zamołwić pf’) is attested in Polish przepraszać and Polish przeprosić.
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Upper Sorbian přeprošeć impf Grammar: přeprosyć pf See also: přeprosyć pf |
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| Polish przeprosić pf Grammar: przepraszać impf |
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Upper Sorbian přeprošeć impf Grammar: přeprosyć pf See also: přeprosyć pf |
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| Lower Sorbian I. pśepšašaś pf Grammar: pśepšašowaś impf |
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| II. pśepšosyś pf Grammar: pśepšosowaś impf |
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Meanings:  ‘to interrogate’
 ‘to invite’
 ‘to apologize’
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| to interrogate | to invite | to apologize | |
| Polish przeprosić pf, przepraszać impf | + | ||
| Lower Sorbian pśepšašaś pf, pśepšašowaś impf | + | ||
| Lower Sorbian pśepšosyś pf, pśepšosowaś impf | + | ||
| Upper Sorbian přeprosyć pf, přeprošeć impf | + | ||
| Meanings | to interrogate | to invite | to apologize |