False Friends in Slavic Languages

All Ukrainian terms
Ukrainian bibliography

The database knows following meanings of the Ukrainian word ‘доба’:

is a complete false friend in Belarusian.
is a true friend in Kashubian and Polish.
does not have all its Ukrainian meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Czech and Slovak.
does not have any formally similar counterparts in Russian.

The Ukrainian meaning ‘time, era, period’ is shared by Bosnian doba, Bulgarian доба, Croatian doba, Czech doba, Kashubian doba, Polish doba, Serbian доба, Slovak doba, Slovenian doba, Lower Sorbian doba and Upper Sorbian doba.
The Ukrainian meaning ‘day 24 hours’ is shared by Kashubian doba and Polish doba.
The meaning ‘time, duration’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘доба’) is attested in Bulgarian доба, Czech doba and Slovak doba.
The meaning ‘late at night’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘доба’) is attested in Bulgarian доба.
The meaning ‘character’ (not present in Ukrainian ‘доба’) is attested in Belarusian до́ба.

NB: No information yet for Macedonian.

Ukrainian доба	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian до́ба	Meaning: character

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Bosnian: doba / time, era, period dan 24 sati / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian doba See also: dob	Meaning: time, era, period

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian доба	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration late at night

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Croatian: doba / time, era, period dan 24 sati / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian doba See also: dob	Meaning: time, era, period

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Czech: doba / time, era, period den 24 hodin / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech doba	Meaning: time, era, period (archaic) time, duration

Ukrainian доба	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Kashubian doba	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Polish: czas, epoka / time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish doba	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours

Ukrainian доба	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian ∅ - no corresponding term.

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Serbian: доба / time, era, period дан 24 часа / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian доба See also: доб	Meaning: time, era, period

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Slovak: doba / time, era, period deň 24 hodin / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak doba	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration

Ukrainian доба	Meaning in Slovenian: doba / time, era, period dan 24 ur / day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian doba See also: dob	Meaning: time, era, period

Ukrainian доба	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian doba	Meaning: time, era, period

Ukrainian доба	Meaning: time, era, period day 24 hours	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian doba	Meaning: time, era, period

*doba

Meanings:

‘time, era, period’

‘time, duration’

‘day 24 hours’

‘late at night’

‘character’

no such word

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