False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘пытать’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘пытать’:
- to torture
Semasiological map for ‘пытать’
The database has information related to this term for Polish, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Russian ‘пытать’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian, Polish and Upper Sorbian.
- The Russian meaning ‘to torture’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘to ask a question’ (not present in Russian ‘пытать’, translated as ‘спрашивать’) is attested in Polish pytać and Polish spytać.
- The meaning ‘to look for’ (not present in Russian ‘пытать’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pytaś and Upper Sorbian pytać.
- The meaning ‘to try’ (not present in Russian ‘пытать’) is attested in Upper Sorbian spytać.
- The meaning ‘to lead so. into temptation’ (not present in Russian ‘пытать’) is attested in Lower Sorbian spytowaś, Lower Sorbian spytaś, Upper Sorbian spytać and Upper Sorbian spytować.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
| Russian пытать |
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| Polish spytać pf Grammar: (s)pytać (pf) impf |
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| Russian пытать |
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| Lower Sorbian I. pytaś impf |
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| II. spytaś pf Grammar: spyt(ow)aś pf (impf) |
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| Russian пытать |
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| Upper Sorbian I. spytać pf Grammar: spyt(ow)ać pf (impf) |
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| II. pytać impf |
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Meanings:  ‘to ask a question’
 ‘to look for’
 ‘to try’
 ‘to torture’
 ‘to lead so. into temptation’
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| to ask a question | to look for | to try | to torture | to lead so. into temptation | |
| Russian пытать | + | ||||
| Polish spytać pf, (s)pytać (pf) impf | + | ||||
| Lower Sorbian pytaś impf | + | ||||
| Lower Sorbian spytaś pf, spyt(ow)aś pf (impf) | + | ||||
| Upper Sorbian spytać pf, spyt(ow)ać pf (impf) | + | + | |||
| Upper Sorbian pytać impf | + | ||||
| Meanings | to ask a question | to look for | to try | to torture | to lead so. into temptation |