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