False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
• is a true friend in Bosnian and Croatian.
• has additional meanings in Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak and Slovenian.

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

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