False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘штука’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘штука’:
- piece
- thing
Semasiological map for ‘*štuka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘штука’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Russian meanings in Lower Sorbian and Polish.
- has additional meanings in Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.
- The Russian meaning ‘piece’ is shared by Kashubian sztëka, Polish sztuka, Lower Sorbian štuka and Ukrainian штука.
- The Russian meaning ‘thing’ is shared by Kashubian sztëka and Ukrainian штука.
- The meaning ‘art’ (not present in Russian ‘штука’, translated as ‘искусство’) is attested in Polish sztuka and Ukrainian штука.
- The meaning ‘pike fish’ (not present in Russian ‘штука’, translated as ‘щука’) is attested in Bosnian štuka, Bulgarian щука, Croatian štuka, Czech štika, Macedonian штука, Serbian штука, Slovak štuka and Slovenian ščuka.
- The meaning ‘stucco’ (not present in Russian ‘штука’, translated as ‘штукатур’) is attested in Czech štuka and Slovak štuka.
- The meaning ‘trick’ (not present in Russian ‘штука’) is attested in Kashubian sztëka, Lower Sorbian štuka and Ukrainian штука.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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Belarusian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Bosnian štuka |
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Bulgarian щука |
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Croatian štuka |
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Czech I. štuka |
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II. štika |
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Russian штука |
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Kashubian sztëka |
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Russian штука |
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Macedonian штука |
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Polish sztuka |
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Serbian штука |
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Slovak štuka |
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Slovenian ščuka |
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Lower Sorbian štuka |
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Ukrainian штука |
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Semasiological Map for *štuka
*štuka
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Meanings:
‘piece’
‘art’
‘pike fish’
‘stucco’
‘thing’
‘trick’
no such word
no information yet
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Czech štika | + | |||||
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Croatian štuka | + | |||||
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Meanings | piece | art | pike fish | stucco | thing | trick |