False Friends in Slavic Languages
Lower Sorbian ‘baba’
The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘baba’:
- pejorative of a woman
- cake
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Lower Sorbian ‘baba’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian.
- does not have all its Lower Sorbian meanings in Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
- The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘cake’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘old woman’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘grandmother’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
- The meaning ‘coward’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) 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’
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Meanings | old woman | grandmother | pejorative of a woman | midwife | mother-in-law | cake | coward |
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