False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘vijek’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘vijek’:
- lifetime
- century
- age, epoch (syn.: ‘vijek, doba, epoha’)
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘vijek’:
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovenian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Croatian meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
- The Croatian meaning ‘lifetime’ is shared by Bosnian vijek, Macedonian век, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovenian vek and Ukrainian вік.
- The Croatian meaning ‘century’ is shared by Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Czech věk, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovenian vek, Lower Sorbian wěk, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The Croatian meaning ‘age, epoch’ is shared by Belarusian век, Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Czech věk, Kashubian wiek, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovak vek, Slovenian vek, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘age of a person’ (not present in Croatian ‘vijek’, translated as ‘dob’) is attested in Belarusian век, Czech věk, Kashubian wiek, Polish wiek, Slovak vek and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘eternity’ (not present in Croatian ‘vijek’) is attested in Lower Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
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Bulgarian век |
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Czech věk |
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Kashubian wiek |
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Slovak vek |
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Slovenian vek |
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Lower Sorbian wěk |
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Upper Sorbian wěk |
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Ukrainian вік |
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Semasiological Map for *věkъ
*věkъ
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Meanings:
‘age of a person’
‘lifetime’
‘century’
‘age, epoch’
‘eternity’
no such word
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age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity | |
Russian век | + | + | + | ||
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Polish wiek | + | + | + | ||
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Czech věk | + | + | + | ||
Slovak vek | + | + | |||
Slovenian vek | + | + | + | ||
Croatian vijek | + | + | + | ||
Bosnian vijek | + | + | + | ||
Serbian век | + | + | + | ||
Macedonian век | + | + | + | ||
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Meanings | age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity |
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