False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘przepraszać’ impf
Grammar: przeprosić pf
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘przepraszać’:
- to apologize
Semasiological map for ‘przepraszać’
The database has information related to this term for Polish, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Polish ‘przepraszać’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘to apologize’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘to interrogate’ (not present in Polish ‘przepraszać’, translated as ‘przesłuchiwać impf / przesłuchać pf’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pśepšašaś and Lower Sorbian pśepšašowaś.
- The meaning ‘to invite’ (not present in Polish ‘przepraszać’, translated as ‘zapraszać impf / zaprosić pf’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pśepšosowaś, Lower Sorbian pśepšosyś, Upper Sorbian přeprošeć and Upper Sorbian přeprosyć.
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Polish przepraszać impf Grammar: przeprosić pf See also: przeprosić pf |
Meaning in Lower Sorbian:
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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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Polish przepraszać impf Grammar: przeprosić pf See also: przeprosić pf |
Meaning in Upper Sorbian:
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| Upper Sorbian přeprosyć pf Grammar: přeprošeć impf |
Meaning in Polish:
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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 |