False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘лепше’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘лепше’:
- more beautiful
- tastier
Semasiological map for ‘*lěp-’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘лепше’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Serbian meanings in Bosnian, Croatian and Slovenian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Bulgarian or Russian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘more beautiful’ is shared by Bosnian ljepše, Croatian ljepše and Slovenian lepše.
- The Serbian meaning ‘tastier’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘better’ (not present in Serbian ‘лепше’, translated as ‘боље’) is attested in Belarusian лепей, Belarusian лепш, Czech lepší, Kashubian lepié, Polish lepiej, Slovak lepšie, Lower Sorbian lěpjej, Lower Sorbian lěpšy, Upper Sorbian lěpje, Upper Sorbian lěpši and Ukrainian ліпше.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Belarusian лепш (Syn.: лепей) |
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Bosnian ljepše |
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Bulgarian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Croatian ljepše |
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Czech lepší |
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Kashubian lepié |
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Polish lepiej |
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Russian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Slovak lepšie |
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Slovenian lepše |
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Lower Sorbian lěpšy (Syn.: lěpjej) |
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Upper Sorbian lěpši (Syn.: lěpje) |
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Ukrainian ліпше |
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Semasiological Map for *lěp-
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Meanings:
‘better’
‘more beautiful’
‘tastier’
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better | more beautiful | tastier | |
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Ukrainian ліпше | + | ||
Belarusian лепш | + | ||
Polish lepiej | + | ||
Kashubian lepié | + | ||
Lower Sorbian lěpšy | + | ||
Upper Sorbian lěpši | + | ||
Czech lepší | + | ||
Slovak lepšie | + | ||
Slovenian lepše | + | ||
Croatian ljepše | + | ||
Bosnian ljepše | + | ||
Serbian лепше | + | + | |
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Meanings | better | more beautiful | tastier |