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