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