False Friends in Slavic Languages

The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘олово’:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish ołów	Meaning: lead

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

Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian олово	Meaning: lead

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

Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term.

Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Lower Sorbian wołoj	Meaning: lead

Bulgarian олово	Meaning: lead	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Upper Sorbian wołoj	Meaning: lead

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

*olovo

Meanings:

‘lead’

‘tin, pewter’

no such word

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