False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘finger’ is shared by Belarusian паляц, Bulgarian палец, Polish palec, Lower Sorbian palc and Ukrainian палець.
• The Russian meaning ‘toe’ is shared by Belarusian паляц, Bulgarian палец, Polish palec, Lower Sorbian palc, Upper Sorbian palc and Ukrainian палець.
• The Russian meaning ‘finger, bolt’ is shared by Polish palec and Ukrainian палець.
• The meaning ‘thumb’ (not present in Russian ‘палец’, translated as ‘большой палец’) is attested in Bosnian palac, Bulgarian палец, Croatian palac, Czech palec, Serbian палац, Slovak palec, Slovenian palec and Upper Sorbian palc.
• The meaning ‘cog’ (not present in Russian ‘палец’) is attested in Bulgarian палец and Lower Sorbian palc.
• The meaning ‘inch’ (not present in Russian ‘палец’) is attested in Bosnian palac, Croatian palac, Serbian палац and Slovenian palec.

NB: No information yet for Kashubian and Macedonian.