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