False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘carcass of an animal’ is shared by Bosnian trup, Bulgarian труп, Croatian trup and Serbian труп.
• The Russian meaning ‘dead body’ is shared by Belarusian труп, Bulgarian труп, Kashubian trup, Polish trup, Serbian труп and Ukrainian труп.
• The meaning ‘trunk, body’ (not present in Russian ‘труп’, translated as ‘туловище’) is attested in Bosnian trup, Bulgarian труп, Croatian trup, Czech trup, Serbian труп, Slovak trup and Slovenian trup.
• The meaning ‘trunk of a tree’ (not present in Russian ‘труп’, translated as ‘ствол дерева’) is attested in Bosnian trup, Bulgarian труп, Croatian trup, Czech trup and Serbian труп.
• The meaning ‘scab’ (not present in Russian ‘труп’) is attested in Lower Sorbian tšup and Upper Sorbian trup.
• The meaning ‘hull of a ship, plane’ (not present in Russian ‘труп’) is attested in Bosnian trup, Croatian trup, Czech trup, Serbian труп, Slovak trup and Slovenian trup.

NB: No information yet for Macedonian.