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