False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

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

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