False Friends in Slavic Languages
Lower Sorbian ‘cas’
The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘cas’:
- time
- weather
- period menstrual
Semasiological map for ‘*časъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Lower Sorbian ‘cas’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Lower Sorbian meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Russian.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘time’ is shared by Belarusian час, Czech čas, Kashubian czas, Polish czas, Russian час, Slovak čas, Slovenian čas, Upper Sorbian čas and Ukrainian час.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘weather’ is shared by Slovak čas.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘period menstrual’ is shared by Belarusian час.
- The meaning ‘hour’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘cas’) is attested in Bosnian čas, Bulgarian час, Macedonian час, Russian час and Serbian час.
- The meaning ‘moment’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘cas’) is attested in Bosnian čas, Croatian čas and Serbian час.
- The meaning ‘school period’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘cas’) is attested in Bulgarian час and Serbian час.
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Semasiological Map for *časъ
                              *časъ
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Meanings:  ‘time’ ‘hour’ ‘weather’ ‘period menstrual’ ‘moment’ ‘school period’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | time | hour | weather | period menstrual | moment | school period |