False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Bulgarian meaning ‘grandmother’ is shared by Belarusian бабка, Czech babička, Polish babka, Russian бабка, Slovenian babica and Lower Sorbian babka.
• The Bulgarian meaning ‘woman’ is shared by Lower Sorbian babka.
• The meaning ‘old woman’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘бабка’) is attested in Belarusian бабка, Polish babka, Polish babki and Russian бабка.
• The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘бабка’) is attested in Slovenian babica and Lower Sorbian babka.
• The meaning ‘rough boletus a mushroom’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘бабка’) is attested in Belarusian бабка.
• The meaning ‘a sort of cake’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘бабка’) is attested in Belarusian бабка, Polish babka, Polish babki and Ukrainian бабка.

NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak and Upper Sorbian.