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