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