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