False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘пара’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘пара’:
- 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, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘пара’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Polish and Ukrainian.
- The Russian meaning ‘pair’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Polish para and Ukrainian пара.
- The Russian meaning ‘a couple of, some’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Polish para and Ukrainian пара.
- The meaning ‘steam’ (not present in Russian ‘пара’, translated as ‘пар’) is attested in Belarusian пара, Bosnian para, Bulgarian пара, Croatian para, Czech pára, Macedonian пара, Polish para, Serbian пара, Slovak para, Slovenian para, Upper Sorbian para and Ukrainian пара.
- The meaning ‘penny, money’ (not present in Russian ‘пара’) is attested in Bosnian para, Bulgarian пара and Serbian пара.
- The meaning ‘breath’ (not present in Russian ‘пара’) is attested in Polish para.
- The meaning ‘dirt on street, mud’ (not present in Russian ‘пара’) is attested in Lower Sorbian para.
- The meaning ‘wretch, (poor) devil’ (not present in Russian ‘пара’) 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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Meanings | steam | pair | a couple of, some | penny, money | breath | dirt on street, mud | wretch, (poor) devil |