False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘věk’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘věk’:
- age of a person
- century (syn.: ‘věk, století’)
- age, epoch
Semasiological map for ‘*věkъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘věk’:
- is a true friend in Polish.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Croatian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- The Czech meaning ‘age of a person’ is shared by Belarusian век, Kashubian wiek, Polish wiek, Slovak vek and Ukrainian вік.
- The Czech meaning ‘century’ is shared by Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Croatian vijek, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovenian vek, Lower Sorbian wěk, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The Czech meaning ‘age, epoch’ is shared by Belarusian век, Bosnian vijek, Bulgarian век, Croatian vijek, Kashubian wiek, Macedonian век, Polish wiek, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovak vek, Slovenian vek, Upper Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘lifetime’ (not present in Czech ‘věk’) is attested in Bosnian vijek, Croatian vijek, Macedonian век, Russian век, Serbian век, Slovenian vek and Ukrainian вік.
- The meaning ‘eternity’ (not present in Czech ‘věk’) is attested in Lower Sorbian wěk and Ukrainian вік.
| Czech věk |
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| Belarusian век |
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| Bosnian vijek |
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| Bulgarian век |
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| Croatian vijek |
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| Kashubian wiek |
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| Macedonian век |
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| Polish wiek |
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| Russian век |
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| Serbian век |
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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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Meanings:  ‘age of a person’
 ‘lifetime’
 ‘century’
 ‘age, epoch’
 ‘eternity’
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| age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity | |
| Russian век | + | + | + | ||
| Ukrainian вік | + | + | + | + | + |
| Belarusian век | + | + | |||
| Polish wiek | + | + | + | ||
| Kashubian wiek | + | + | |||
| Lower Sorbian wěk | + | + | |||
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| Czech věk | + | + | + | ||
| Slovak vek | + | + | |||
| Slovenian vek | + | + | + | ||
| Croatian vijek | + | + | + | ||
| Bosnian vijek | + | + | + | ||
| Serbian век | + | + | + | ||
| Macedonian век | + | + | + | ||
| Bulgarian век | + | + | |||
| Meanings | age of a person | lifetime | century | age, epoch | eternity |
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