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