False Friends in Slavic Languages

Slovak ‘meč’

All Slovak terms
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The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘meč’:

sword

Semasiological map for ‘meč’

The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.

Slovak ‘meč’:

is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
is a true friend in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
has additional meanings in Macedonian.

The Slovak meaning ‘sword’ is shared by Belarusian меч, Bulgarian меч, Czech meč, Macedonian меч, Polish miecz, Russian меч, Slovenian meč and Ukrainian меч.
The meaning ‘match, game’ (not present in Slovak ‘meč’) is attested in Bosnian meč, Croatian meč, Macedonian меч, Polish mecz and Serbian меч.

NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.

Slovak meč	Meaning in Belarusian: меч / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian меч	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Bosnian: mač / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian meč	Meaning: match, game

Slovak meč	Meaning in Bulgarian: меч / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian меч	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Croatian: mač / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian meč	Meaning: match, game

Slovak meč	Meaning in Czech: meč / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech meč	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Macedonian: меч / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Macedonian меч	Meaning: match, game sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Polish: miecz / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish I. mecz	Meaning: match, game
II. miecz	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Russian: меч / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian меч	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Serbian: мач / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian меч	Meaning: match, game

Slovak meč	Meaning: sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian meč	Meaning: sword

Slovak meč	Meaning in Ukrainian: меч / sword	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian меч	Meaning: sword

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meč

Meanings:

‘match, game’

‘sword’

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meč	Meanings
meč	match, game	sword
Russian меч		+
Ukrainian меч		+
Belarusian меч		+
Polish mecz	+
Polish miecz		+
Czech meč		+
Slovak meč		+
Slovenian meč		+
Croatian meč	+
Bosnian meč	+
Serbian меч	+
Macedonian меч	+	+
Bulgarian меч		+
Meanings	match, game	sword

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