False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘pokój’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘pokój’:
- peace
- room
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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 ‘pokój’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Russian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Russian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘peace’ is shared by Bulgarian покой, Kashubian pòkùj, Kashubian spòkój, Kashubian pòkùj, Slovak pokoj, Lower Sorbian pokoj and Upper Sorbian pokoj.
- The Polish meaning ‘room’ is shared by Belarusian пакой, Czech pokoj and Russian покой.
- The meaning ‘quiet’ (not present in Polish ‘pokój’, translated as ‘spokój’) is attested in Bosnian pokoj, Bulgarian покой, Croatian pokoj, Czech pokoj, Kashubian pòkùj, Kashubian spòkój, Kashubian pòkùj, Macedonian покој, Russian покой, Serbian покој, Slovak pokoj, Slovenian pokoj, Lower Sorbian pokoj, Upper Sorbian pokoj and Ukrainian спокій.
- The meaning ‘being late, dead’ (not present in Polish ‘pokój’) is attested in Bulgarian покой.
- The meaning ‘old age pension’ (not present in Polish ‘pokój’) is attested in Slovenian pokoj.
Polish pokój |
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Belarusian пакой |
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Bosnian pokoj |
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Bulgarian покой |
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Croatian pokoj |
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Czech pokoj |
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Kashubian I. pòkùj |
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II. spòkój |
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III. pòkùj |
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Macedonian покој |
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Russian покой |
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Serbian покој |
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Slovak pokoj |
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Slovenian pokoj |
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Lower Sorbian pokoj |
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Upper Sorbian pokoj |
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Ukrainian спокій |
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Meanings:
‘quiet’
‘peace’
‘room’
‘being late, dead’
‘old age pension’
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quiet | peace | room | being late, dead | old age pension | |
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Kashubian pòkùj | + | + | |||
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Kashubian pòkùj | + | + | |||
Lower Sorbian pokoj | + | + | |||
Upper Sorbian pokoj | + | + | |||
Czech pokoj | + | + | |||
Slovak pokoj | + | + | |||
Slovenian pokoj | + | + | |||
Croatian pokoj | + | ||||
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Serbian покој | + | ||||
Macedonian покој | + | ||||
Bulgarian покой | + | + | + | ||
Meanings | quiet | peace | room | being late, dead | old age pension |