False Friends in Slavic Languages

The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘olovo’:

is a complete false friend in Russian.
is a true friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
has additional meanings in Ukrainian.
does not have any formally similar counterparts in Slovenian.

The Croatian meaning ‘lead’ is shared by Bosnian olovo, Bulgarian олово, Czech olovo, Polish ołów, Serbian олово, Slovak olovo, Lower Sorbian wołoj, Upper Sorbian wołoj and Ukrainian олово.
The meaning ‘tin, pewter’ (not present in Croatian ‘olovo’) is attested in Russian олово and Ukrainian олово.

NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Kashubian and Macedonian.

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian olovo	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech olovo	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish ołów	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning in Russian: свинец / lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian олово	Meaning: tin, pewter

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian олово	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak olovo	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term.

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian wołoj	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian wołoj	Meaning: lead

Croatian olovo	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian олово	Meaning: lead tin, pewter

*olovo

Meanings:

‘lead’

‘tin, pewter’

no such word

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