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