False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘grain, cereals, corn Br.’ is shared by Bosnian žito, Croatian žito, Serbian жито and Slovenian žito.
• The meaning ‘rye’ (not present in Russian ‘жито’, translated as ‘рожь’) is attested in Belarusian жыта, Czech žito, Kashubian żëto, Polish żyto, Slovak žito and Ukrainian жито.
• The meaning ‘wheat’ (not present in Russian ‘жито’, translated as ‘пшеница’) is attested in Bulgarian жито, Serbian жито and Slovak žito.

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