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