False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘край’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘край’:
- edge, margin
- end
- region
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘край’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Bulgarian meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian and Slovak.
- has additional meanings in Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘edge, margin’ is shared by Belarusian край, Bosnian kraj, Croatian kraj, Czech kraj, Kashubian krôj, Polish kraj, Russian край, Serbian крај, Slovak kraj, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘end’ is shared by Bosnian kraj, Croatian kraj, Macedonian крај, Polish kraj, Serbian крај, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘region’ is shared by Belarusian край, Bosnian kraj, Croatian kraj, Czech kraj, Macedonian крај, Russian край, Serbian крај, Slovak kraj, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The meaning ‘locality’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘край’) is attested in Czech kraj and Slovenian kraj.
- The meaning ‘country’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘край’, translated as ‘страна’) is attested in Kashubian krôj, Polish kraj, Lower Sorbian kraj, Upper Sorbian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The meaning ‘side’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘край’) is attested in Kashubian krôj.
- The meaning ‘higher territorial unit in Czechia, Slovakia and Russia’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘край’) is attested in Czech kraj, Russian край and Slovak kraj.
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Bosnian kraj |
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Croatian kraj |
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Czech kraj |
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Kashubian krôj |
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Macedonian крај |
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Polish kraj |
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Russian край |
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Serbian крај |
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Slovak kraj |
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Slovenian kraj |
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Lower Sorbian kraj |
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Upper Sorbian kraj |
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Ukrainian край |
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Semasiological Map for *krajь
*krajь
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Meanings:
‘edge, margin’
‘end’
‘locality’
‘region’
‘country’
‘side’
‘higher territorial unit in Czechia, Slovakia and Russia’
no such word
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Meanings | edge, margin | end | locality | region | country | side | higher territorial unit in Czechia, Slovakia and Russia |