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berry

Source:*jagodaProto-Slaviccertain

A trap for Russian and Polish speakers: in Czech and BCS the same word names one berry, the strawberry.

English

berry

Polish

jagoda
jaˈɡɔda
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    я́годаjagoda
    ˈjaɡədəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    я́годаjahoda
    ˈjaɦɔdainherited
  • Polish
    jagoda
    jaˈɡɔdainherited

    Also specifically the bilberry.

  • Czech
    bobule
    ˈbobulɛdifferent word · derived from Proto-Slavic *bobъ 'bean'

    Czech jahoda, the cognate, means 'strawberry'.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    bobicaбобица
    ˈbobitsadifferent word · derived from Proto-Slavic *bobъ 'bean'

    BCS jagoda, the cognate, means 'strawberry'.

  • English
    berry

Sound laws at work

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian я́года “berry”Polish jagoda “berry; in everyday speech often the bilberry (blueberry)”Czech jahoda “strawberry”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian jagoda “strawberry”

    Russian 'strawberry' is клубни́ка (garden) or земляни́ка (wild); Polish 'strawberry' is truskawka; Czech 'berry' is bobule, BCS bobica.