False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘pisać’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘pisać’:
- to write
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘pisać’:
- is a complete false friend in Russian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Ukrainian.
- The Polish meaning ‘to write’ is shared by Belarusian пісаць, Bosnian pisati, Bulgarian пиша, Croatian pisati, Czech psát, Russian писа́ть, Serbian писати, Slovenian pisati, Lower Sorbian pisaś, Upper Sorbian pisać and Ukrainian писати.
- The meaning ‘to paint’ (not present in Polish ‘pisać’) is attested in Russian писа́ть and Ukrainian писати.
- The meaning ‘to pee’ (not present in Polish ‘pisać’, translated as ‘szczać’) is attested in Russian пи́сать.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Macedonian and Slovak.
Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Belarusian пісаць |
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Bosnian pisati See also: pisac |
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Bulgarian пиша |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Croatian pisati See also: pisac |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Czech psát |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Russian I. писа́ть [писа́ть] |
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II. пи́сать [пи́сать] See also: писец |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Serbian писати |
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Slovenian pisati See also: pisec |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Lower Sorbian pisaś |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Upper Sorbian pisać |
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Polish pisać See also: pisarz |
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Ukrainian писати |
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‘to write’
‘to paint’
‘to pee’
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to write | to paint | to pee | |
Russian писа́ть | + | + | |
Russian пи́сать | + | ||
Ukrainian писати | + | + | |
Belarusian пісаць | + | ||
Polish pisać | + | ||
Lower Sorbian pisaś | + | ||
Upper Sorbian pisać | + | ||
Czech psát | + | ||
Slovenian pisati | + | ||
Croatian pisati | + | ||
Bosnian pisati | + | ||
Serbian писати | + | ||
Bulgarian пиша | + | ||
Meanings | to write | to paint | to pee |