False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘záchod’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘záchod’:
- toilet
Semasiological map for ‘zachodъ’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘záchod’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Slovak and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian, Lower Sorbian or Upper Sorbian.
- The Czech meaning ‘toilet’ is shared by Bosnian zahod, Bulgarian заход, Croatian zahod, Serbian заход and Slovak záchod.
- The meaning ‘sunset’ (not present in Czech ‘záchod’, translated as ‘západ’) is attested in Bulgarian заход, Macedonian заод, Polish zachód, Russian заход, Slovenian zahod and Ukrainian захід.
- The meaning ‘west’ (not present in Czech ‘záchod’, translated as ‘západ’) is attested in Belarusian захад, Polish zachód, Slovenian zahod and Ukrainian захід.
- The meaning ‘trouble, effort’ (not present in Czech ‘záchod’, translated as ‘snaha, námaha’) is attested in Polish zachód.
- The meaning ‘action’ (not present in Czech ‘záchod’) is attested in Belarusian захад and Ukrainian захід.
- The meaning ‘event’ (not present in Czech ‘záchod’) is attested in Ukrainian захід.
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Belarusian захад |
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Bosnian I. zahod |
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Bulgarian заход (obsolete) |
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Croatian zahod |
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Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Macedonian I. заод |
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Polish zachód |
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Russian заход |
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Serbian I. заход |
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Slovenian zahod |
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Lower Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Upper Sorbian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Ukrainian захід |
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Semasiological Map for zachodъ
zachodъ
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Meanings:
‘sunset’
‘west’
‘trouble, effort’
‘toilet’
‘action’
‘event’
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sunset | west | trouble, effort | toilet | action | event | |
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Slovenian zahod | + | + | ||||
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Bulgarian заход (obsolete) | + | + | ||||
Meanings | sunset | west | trouble, effort | toilet | action | event |