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