False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
• is a true friend in Kashubian, Polish and Upper Sorbian.
• does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian.

• The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘rainbow’ is shared by Kashubian tãga, Polish tęcza and Upper Sorbian tučel.
• The meaning ‘hail’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘tyca’) is attested in Bosnian tuča, Croatian tuča and Slovenian toča.
• The meaning ‘rainy cloud’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘tyca’) is attested in Russian туча and Ukrainian туча.
• The meaning ‘tangential’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘tyca’) is attested in Czech tečný.
• The meaning ‘liquid adj.’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘tyca’) is attested in Bulgarian течен.
• The meaning ‘luxuriant, fertile’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘tyca’) is attested in Bulgarian тучен.

NB: No information yet for Macedonian, Serbian and Slovak.