False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Croatian, Polish, Slovenian and Serbian.
• is a true friend in Bulgarian, Czech and Russian.

• The Slovak meaning ‘matter, thing’ is shared by Bulgarian вещ, Czech věc and Russian вещь.
• The meaning ‘already’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘už’) is attested in Bosnian već, Croatian već and Serbian већ.
• The meaning ‘assembly’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘schôdzka, zhromaždenie’) is attested in Polish wiec.
• The meaning ‘more’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’, translated as ‘viacej’) is attested in Slovenian več.
• The meaning ‘prophet’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’) is attested in Polish wieszcz.
• The meaning ‘bard, great poet’ (not present in Slovak ‘vec’) is attested in Polish wieszcz.

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