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