False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Kashubian.
• does not have all its Slovenian meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Serbian and Ukrainian.
• has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Russian and Slovak.

• The Slovenian meaning ‘dialect’ is shared by Belarusian гаворка, Bulgarian говор, Polish gwara, Russian говор and Ukrainian говір.
• The Slovenian meaning ‘speech’ is shared by Bosnian govor, Bulgarian говор, Croatian govor, Czech hovor, Serbian говор and Slovak hovor.
• The meaning ‘talking’ (not present in Slovenian ‘govor’) is attested in Belarusian гаворка, Bulgarian говор, Czech hovor, Kashubian gòwôr, Russian говор and Slovak hovor.
• The meaning ‘noise’ (not present in Slovenian ‘govor’) is attested in Kashubian gòwôr and Polish gwar.
• The meaning ‘voice’ (not present in Slovenian ‘govor’) is attested in Kashubian gòwôr.
• The meaning ‘language’ (not present in Slovenian ‘govor’) is attested in Kashubian gòwôr.

NB: No information yet for Macedonian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.