False Friends in Slavic Languages
Upper Sorbian ‘spytać’ pf
Grammar: spyt(ow)ać pf (impf)
The database knows following meanings of the Upper Sorbian word ‘spytać’:
- to try
- to lead so. into temptation (syn.: ‘spytować’)
Semasiological map for ‘spytać’
The database has information related to this term for Polish, Russian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Upper Sorbian ‘spytać’:
- is a complete false friend in Polish and Russian.
- does not have all its Upper Sorbian meanings in Lower Sorbian.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘to try’ is unique.
- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘to lead so. into temptation’ is shared by Lower Sorbian spytowaś and Lower Sorbian spytaś.
- The meaning ‘to ask a question’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘spytać’, translated as ‘prašeć so impf / woprašeć so pf +2nd case’) is attested in Polish pytać and Polish spytać.
- The meaning ‘to look for’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘spytać’) is attested in Lower Sorbian pytaś and Upper Sorbian pytać.
- The meaning ‘to torture’ (not present in Upper Sorbian ‘spytać’) is attested in Russian пытать.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Upper Sorbian spytać pf Grammar: spyt(ow)ać pf (impf) See also: spytować impf, pytać impf |
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Polish spytać pf Grammar: (s)pytać (pf) impf |
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Upper Sorbian spytać pf Grammar: spyt(ow)ać pf (impf) See also: spytować impf, pytać impf |
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Russian пытать |
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Upper Sorbian spytać pf Grammar: spyt(ow)ać pf (impf) See also: spytować impf, pytać impf |
Meaning in Lower Sorbian:
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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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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 |