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