False Friends in Slavic Languages

All Bulgarian terms
Bulgarian bibliography

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

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

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

NB: No information yet for Macedonian.

Bulgarian доба	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian до́ба	Meaning: character

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Bosnian: doba / time, era, period trajanje / time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian doba See also: dob	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Croatian: doba / time, era, period trajanje / time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian doba See also: dob	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Czech: doba / time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech doba	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period (archaic) трайност / time, duration

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

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Polish: czas, epoka / time, era, period okres, trwanie / time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish doba	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period day 24 hours

Bulgarian доба	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Serbian: доба / time, era, period трајање / time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian доба See also: доб	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Slovak: doba / time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak doba	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period трайност / time, duration

Bulgarian доба	Meaning in Slovenian: doba / time, era, period trajnost / time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian doba See also: dob	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

Bulgarian доба	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian doba	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

Bulgarian доба	Meaning: time, era, period time, duration late at night	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian doba	Meaning in Bulgarian: доба / time, era, period

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

*doba

Meanings:

‘time, era, period’

‘time, duration’

‘day 24 hours’

‘late at night’

‘character’

no such word

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