False Friends in Slavic Languages

The database knows following meanings of the Macedonian word ‘враг’:

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

The Macedonian meaning ‘enemy’ is shared by Belarusian вораг, Bulgarian враг, Kashubian warg, Polish wróg, Russian враг and Ukrainian ворог.
The Macedonian meaning ‘devil, demon’ is shared by Bosnian vrag, Croatian vrag, Serbian враг and Slovenian vrag.
The Macedonian meaning ‘slyboots, smartie’ is shared by Serbian враг.
The meaning ‘murderer’ (not present in Macedonian ‘враг’, translated as ‘убиец’) is attested in Czech vrah and Slovak vrah.

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

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Belarusian: вораг / enemy чорт / devil, demon хітрун / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Belarusian вораг	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Bosnian: neprijatelj / enemy vrag / devil, demon lukavac, previjanac / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bosnian vrag	Meaning in Macedonian: ѓавол / devil, demon

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Bulgarian: враг / enemy дявол / devil, demon хитрец, шмекер / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Bulgarian враг	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Croatian: neprijatelj / enemy vrag / devil, demon lukavac, previjanac / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Croatian vrag	Meaning in Macedonian: ѓавол / devil, demon

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Czech: nepřítel / enemy čert / devil, demon chytrák / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Czech vrah	Meaning in Macedonian: убиец / murderer

Macedonian враг	Meaning: enemy devil, demon slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Kashubian warg	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Polish: wróg / enemy czart / devil, demon sprzyciarz, chytrus / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Polish wróg	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Russian: враг / enemy чёрт / devil, demon хитрец / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Russian враг	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Serbian: непријатељ / enemy враг / devil, demon лукавац, превијанац / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Serbian враг	Meaning in Macedonian: ѓавол / devil, demon slyboots, smartie

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Slovak: nepriateľ / enemy čert / devil, demon prefíkanec, lišiak / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovak vrah	Meaning in Macedonian: убиец / murderer

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Slovenian: sovražnik / enemy vrag / devil, demon prekanjenec, zvitorepec / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Slovenian vrag	Meaning in Macedonian: ѓавол / devil, demon

Macedonian враг	Meaning in Ukrainian: ворог / enemy чорт / devil, demon хитрун / slyboots, smartie	Map Bibliography List Wikibook
Ukrainian ворог	Meaning in Macedonian: враг / enemy

*vorgъ

Meanings:

‘enemy’

‘devil, demon’

‘murderer’

‘slyboots, smartie’

no such word

no information yet

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