False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’ impf
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘pytać’:
- to look for
Semasiological map for ‘pytać’
The database has information related to this term for Polish, Russian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian, Polish and Russian.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘to look for’ is shared by Lower Sorbian pytaś.
- The meaning ‘to ask a question’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’, translated as ‘prašeć so impf / woprašeć so pf +2nd case’) is attested in Polish pytać and Polish spytać.
- The meaning ‘to try’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’) is attested in Upper Sorbian spytać.
- The meaning ‘to torture’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’) is attested in Russian пытать.
- The meaning ‘to lead so. into temptation’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘pytać’, translated as ‘spytować’) 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.
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Upper Sorbian pytać impf See also: spytać pf, spytować impf |
Meaning in Polish:
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| Polish spytać pf Grammar: (s)pytać (pf) impf |
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Upper Sorbian pytać impf See also: spytać pf, spytować impf |
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| Russian пытать |
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Upper Sorbian pytać impf See also: spytać pf, spytować impf |
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| Lower Sorbian I. pytaś impf |
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| II. spytaś pf Grammar: spyt(ow)aś pf (impf) |
Meaning in Upper Sorbian:
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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 |