False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘pisak’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘pisak’:
- pencil, crayon
Semasiological map for ‘*pisa*’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian and Slovenian.
Polish ‘pisak’:
- The Polish meaning ‘pencil, crayon’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘scribe’ (not present in Polish ‘pisak’, translated as ‘pisarz’) is attested in Bosnian pisar, Bulgarian писар, Croatian pisar, Polish pisarz, Russian писарь, Russian писец, Slovenian pisar and Slovenian pisec.
- The meaning ‘writer’ (not present in Polish ‘pisak’) is attested in Bosnian pisac, Croatian pisac and Polish pisarz.
- The meaning ‘mouthpiece’ (not present in Polish ‘pisak’, translated as ‘ustnik, munsztuk’) is attested in Bosnian pisak and Croatian pisak.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish pisak See also: pisarz, pisać |
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Bosnian I. pisak |
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II. pisar |
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III. pisac See also: pisati |
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Polish pisak See also: pisarz, pisać |
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Bulgarian писар See also: пиша |
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Polish pisak See also: pisarz, pisać |
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Croatian I. pisak |
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II. pisar |
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III. pisac See also: pisati |
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Polish pisak See also: pisarz, pisać |
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Russian I. писарь |
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II. писец See also: писа́ть |
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Polish pisak See also: pisarz, pisać |
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Slovenian I. pisar |
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II. pisec See also: pisati |
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Semasiological Map for *pisa*
*pisa*
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Meanings:
‘scribe’
‘writer’
‘pencil, crayon’
‘mouthpiece’
no such word
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*pisa* |
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scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece | |
Russian писарь | + | |||
Russian писец | + | |||
Polish pisak | + | |||
Polish pisarz | + | + | ||
Slovenian pisar | + | |||
Slovenian pisec | + | |||
Croatian pisak | + | |||
Croatian pisar | + | |||
Croatian pisac | + | |||
Bosnian pisak | + | |||
Bosnian pisar | + | |||
Bosnian pisac | + | |||
Bulgarian писар | + | |||
Meanings | scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece |
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