False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

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

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