False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘гора’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘гора’:
- mountain
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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 ‘гора’:
- is a complete false friend in Bulgarian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Kashubian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Macedonian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘mountain’ is shared by Belarusian гара, Bosnian gora, Croatian gora, Czech hora, Kashubian góra, Polish góra, Russian гора, Slovak hora, Slovenian gora, Lower Sorbian góra, Upper Sorbian hora and Ukrainian гора.
- The meaning ‘forest’ (not present in Serbian ‘гора’, translated as ‘шума’) is attested in Bulgarian гора and Slovak hora.
- The meaning ‘attic, loft’ (not present in Serbian ‘гора’) is attested in Belarusian гара, Kashubian góra and Ukrainian гора.
- The meaning ‘upward’ (not present in Serbian ‘гора’) is attested in Belarusian гара.
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Belarusian гара |
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Croatian gora |
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Czech hora |
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Kashubian góra |
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Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Polish góra |
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Slovak hora |
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Slovenian gora |
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Lower Sorbian góra |
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Ukrainian гора |
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Meanings:
‘forest’
‘mountain’
‘attic, loft’
‘upward’
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forest | mountain | attic, loft | upward | |
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Belarusian гара | + | + | + | |
Polish góra | + | |||
Kashubian góra | + | + | ||
Lower Sorbian góra | + | |||
Upper Sorbian hora | + | |||
Czech hora | + | |||
Slovak hora | + | + | ||
Slovenian gora | + | |||
Croatian gora | + | |||
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Bulgarian гора | + | |||
Meanings | forest | mountain | attic, loft | upward |