False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘bába’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘bába’:
- old woman
- grandmother
- pejorative of a woman
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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 ‘bába’:
- is a complete false friend in Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Czech meaning ‘old woman’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The Czech meaning ‘grandmother’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The Czech meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Kashubian baba, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba, Slovenian baba and Lower Sorbian baba.
- The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Czech ‘bába’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Czech ‘bába’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
- The meaning ‘cake’ (not present in Czech ‘bába’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Lower Sorbian baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘coward’ (not present in Czech ‘bába’) is attested in Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
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Meanings:
‘old woman’
‘grandmother’
‘pejorative of a woman’
‘midwife’
‘mother-in-law’
‘cake’
‘coward’
no such word
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Meanings | old woman | grandmother | pejorative of a woman | midwife | mother-in-law | cake | coward |