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