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False Friends in Slavic Languages


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Czech ‘tvář’

The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘tvář’:

  • cheek
  • face

Semasiological map for ‘tvář’

The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian and Russian.

Czech ‘tvář’:

  • The Czech meaning ‘cheek’ is unique.
  • The Czech meaning ‘face’ is shared by Belarusian твар.
  • The meaning ‘creature, monster’ (not present in Czech ‘tvář’, translated as ‘tvor, netvor, nestvůra’) is attested in Bulgarian твар and Russian тварь.

NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.

Czech
tvář		 Meaning:
  1. cheek
  2. face
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Belarusian
твар		 Meaning:
  • face
Czech
tvář		 Meaning in Bulgarian:
  1. буза / cheek
  2. лице / face
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Bulgarian
твар		 Meaning in Czech:
  • tvor, netvor, nestvůra / creature, monster
Czech
tvář		 Meaning in Russian:
  1. cheek
  2. лицо / face
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Russian
тварь		 Meaning in Czech:
  • tvor, netvor, nestvůra / creature, monster

Meanings:

‘creature, monster’
‘cheek’
‘face’
no such word
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Meanings
creature, monster cheek face
Russian тварь +
Belarusian твар +
Czech tvář + +
Bulgarian твар +
Meanings creature, monster cheek face

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