The paper is devoted to the analysis of the Russian and Chuvash lexical units that represent the cluster “geometric figures” from the point of view of its reflection in the minds of two language communities.
At the center of our linguistic and cultural analysis are paremias, traditional folk symbols. The vocabulary of this thematic group helps to identify the specificity of the mentality of native speakers, allows us to highlight the peculiarities of the worldview of the Chuvash and Russian ethnic groups. The cluster “geometric shapes” was not studied either in relation to the Russian or Chuvash language pictures of the world.
The research methods employed are the analysis of dictionary definitions, comparative, conceptual, linguoculturological analysis.
The lexemes denoting geometric figures are uniquely interpreted in their secondary nomination by different peoples. In the study we focus at such elementary figures as circle, square (rectangle), triangle (angle/corner), and sphere.
The geometric figure of a circle in the Chuvash language has a positive connotation, and in Russian both positive and negative connotations; the sphere is perceived negatively in both analyzed languages; the angle/corner in both Chuvash and Russian languages has both positive and negative connotations; emotional and evaluative shades in statements containing the lexeme of rectangular are available only in the Chuvash language.
The associative-figurative perception of geometric figures is associated with the peculiarities of the mentality of an ethnic group and is revealed in the national-cultural connotation of these lexical units.
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