False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘svijet’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘svijet’:
- world
- council (syn.: ‘svjet, savjet’)
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘svijet’:
- The Croatian meaning ‘world’ is shared by Belarusian свет, Bosnian svijet, Bulgarian свят, Czech svět, Kashubian swiat, Polish świat, Russian свет, Serbian свет, Slovak svet, Slovenian svet and Ukrainian світ.
- The Croatian meaning ‘council’ is shared by Bosnian svjet and Serbian свет.
- The meaning ‘light’ (not present in Croatian ‘svijet’, translated as ‘svijetlo’) is attested in Bulgarian светлина and Russian свет.
- The meaning ‘very far/long’ (not present in Croatian ‘svijet’, translated as ‘vrlo daleko/dugo’) is attested in Polish świat.
- The meaning ‘holy’ (not present in Croatian ‘svijet’) is attested in Bulgarian свят, Serbian свет and Slovenian svet.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Belarusian:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Czech:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Polish:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Russian:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
Meaning in Serbian:
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
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| Croatian svijet See also: svjet, savjet |
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Semasiological Map for svět
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Meanings:  ‘world’ ‘light’ ‘council’ ‘very far/long’ ‘holy’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | world | light | council | very far/long | holy |
