False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘mrak’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘mrak’:
- dusk, twilight, dimness
Semasiological map for ‘*morkъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘mrak’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Macedonian.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘dusk, twilight, dimness’ is shared by Ukrainian морок.
- The meaning ‘cloud’ (not present in Slovenian ‘mrak’) is attested in Czech mrak, Slovak mrak and Lower Sorbian mrok.
- The meaning ‘darkness’ (not present in Slovenian ‘mrak’) is attested in Bosnian mrak, Bulgarian мрак, Croatian mrak, Kashubian mrok, Kashubian mark, Polish mrok, Russian мрак, Serbian мрак and Ukrainian морок.
- The meaning ‘crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’’ (not present in Slovenian ‘mrak’) is attested in Czech mrak.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Kashubian mark (Syn.: mrok) |
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| Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Lower Sorbian mrok |
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Semasiological Map for *morkъ
                         
*morkъ
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Meanings:  ‘cloud’
 ‘darkness’
 ‘dusk, twilight, dimness’
 ‘crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’’
 no such word
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| cloud | darkness | dusk, twilight, dimness | crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’ | |
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| Lower Sorbian mrok | + | |||
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| Meanings | cloud | darkness | dusk, twilight, dimness | crowd colloquial for ‘a lot’ |