False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘pisac’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘pisac’:
- writer
Semasiological map for ‘*pisa*’
The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian and Slovenian.
Croatian ‘pisac’:
- The Croatian meaning ‘writer’ is shared by Bosnian pisac and Polish pisarz.
- The meaning ‘scribe’ (not present in Croatian ‘pisac’, translated as ‘pisar’) is attested in Bosnian pisar, Bulgarian писар, Croatian pisar, Polish pisarz, Russian писарь, Russian писец, Slovenian pisar and Slovenian pisec.
- The meaning ‘pencil, crayon’ (not present in Croatian ‘pisac’, translated as ‘pisaljka’) is attested in Polish pisak.
- The meaning ‘mouthpiece’ (not present in Croatian ‘pisac’) 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.
Croatian pisac See also: pisak, pisar, pisati |
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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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Croatian pisac See also: pisak, pisar, pisati |
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Bulgarian писар See also: пиша |
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Croatian pisac See also: pisak, pisar, pisati |
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Polish I. pisak |
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II. pisarz See also: pisać |
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Croatian pisac See also: pisak, pisar, pisati |
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Russian I. писарь |
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II. писец See also: писа́ть |
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Croatian pisac See also: pisak, pisar, pisati |
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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’
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scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece | |
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Polish pisarz | + | + | ||
Slovenian pisar | + | |||
Slovenian pisec | + | |||
Croatian pisak | + | |||
Croatian pisar | + | |||
Croatian pisac | + | |||
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Meanings | scribe | writer | pencil, crayon | mouthpiece |
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