False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘kraj’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘kraj’:
- edge, margin
- end
- region
Semasiological map for ‘*krajь’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘kraj’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Croatian meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian and Slovak.
- has additional meanings in Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Croatian meaning ‘edge, margin’ is shared by Belarusian край, Bosnian kraj, Bulgarian край, Czech kraj, Kashubian krôj, Polish kraj, Russian край, Serbian крај, Slovak kraj, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The Croatian meaning ‘end’ is shared by Bosnian kraj, Bulgarian край, Macedonian крај, Polish kraj, Serbian крај, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The Croatian meaning ‘region’ is shared by Belarusian край, Bosnian kraj, Bulgarian край, Czech kraj, Macedonian крај, Russian край, Serbian крај, Slovak kraj, Slovenian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The meaning ‘locality’ (not present in Croatian ‘kraj’, translated as ‘mjesto’) is attested in Czech kraj and Slovenian kraj.
- The meaning ‘country’ (not present in Croatian ‘kraj’, translated as ‘zemlja, država’) is attested in Kashubian krôj, Polish kraj, Lower Sorbian kraj, Upper Sorbian kraj and Ukrainian край.
- The meaning ‘side’ (not present in Croatian ‘kraj’) is attested in Kashubian krôj.
- The meaning ‘higher territorial unit in Czechia, Slovakia and Russia’ (not present in Croatian ‘kraj’) is attested in Czech kraj, Russian край and Slovak kraj.
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Bulgarian край |
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Czech kraj |
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Kashubian krôj |
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Macedonian крај |
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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’
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Meanings | edge, margin | end | locality | region | country | side | higher territorial unit in Czechia, Slovakia and Russia |
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