False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘zrak’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘zrak’:
- air
Semasiological map for ‘*zorkъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘zrak’:
- The Slovenian meaning ‘air’ is shared by Bosnian zrak and Croatian zrak.
- The meaning ‘eyesight’ (not present in Slovenian ‘zrak’, translated as ‘vid’) is attested in Belarusian зрок, Czech zrak, Polish wzrok, Russian зрак and Slovak zrak.
- The meaning ‘ray, beam’ (not present in Slovenian ‘zrak’, translated as ‘žarek’) is attested in Bulgarian зрак, Macedonian зрак and Serbian зрак.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Ukrainian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
Semasiological Map for *zorkъ
                     *zorkъ
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Meanings:  ‘air’ ‘eyesight’ ‘ray, beam’ no such word no information yet
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| *zorkъ | |||
| air | eyesight | ray, beam | |
| Russian зрак | + | ||
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| Belarusian зрок | + | ||
| Polish wzrok | + | ||
| Czech zrak | + | ||
| Slovak zrak | + | ||
| Slovenian zrak | + | ||
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| Serbian зрак | + | ||
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| Bulgarian зрак | + | ||
| Meanings | air | eyesight | ray, beam |
