False Friends in Slavic Languages
Serbian ‘пара’
The database knows following meanings of the Serbian word ‘пара’:
- steam
- penny, money
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Serbian ‘пара’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian and Russian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian and Bulgarian.
- does not have all its Serbian meanings in Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Polish, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- The Serbian meaning ‘steam’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Bosnian para, Bulgarian пара, Croatian para, Czech pára, Macedonian пара, Polish para, Slovak para, Slovenian para, Upper Sorbian para and Ukrainian пара.
- The Serbian meaning ‘penny, money’ is shared by Bosnian para and Bulgarian пара.
- The meaning ‘pair’ (not present in Serbian ‘пара’, translated as ‘пар’) is attested in Belarusian пара, Polish para, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
- The meaning ‘a couple of, some’ (not present in Serbian ‘пара’, translated as ‘неколико’) is attested in Belarusian пара, Polish para, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
- The meaning ‘breath’ (not present in Serbian ‘пара’) is attested in Polish para.
- The meaning ‘dirt on street, mud’ (not present in Serbian ‘пара’) is attested in Lower Sorbian para.
- The meaning ‘wretch, (poor) devil’ (not present in Serbian ‘пара’) is attested in Slovenian para.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian.
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Slovenian para ([uboga] para) |
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Meanings:
‘steam’
‘pair’
‘a couple of, some’
‘penny, money’
‘breath’
‘dirt on street, mud’
‘wretch, (poor) devil’
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steam | pair | a couple of, some | penny, money | breath | dirt on street, mud | wretch, (poor) devil | |
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Meanings | steam | pair | a couple of, some | penny, money | breath | dirt on street, mud | wretch, (poor) devil |