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