False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘bypass, detour’ is shared by Belarusian абход, Bosnian obhod, Bulgarian обход, Croatian obhod, Macedonian обход, Serbian обход, Slovenian obhod and Ukrainian обхід.
• The Russian meaning ‘round, circuit’ is shared by Polish obchód.
• The meaning ‘shop, store’ (not present in Russian ‘обход’, translated as ‘магазин’) is attested in Czech obchod and Slovak obchod.
• The meaning ‘celebration, festival’ (not present in Russian ‘обход’, translated as ‘праздник, торжество’) is attested in Polish obchód.
• The meaning ‘procession’ (not present in Russian ‘обход’) is attested in Bosnian obhod, Croatian obhod, Serbian обход and Slovenian obhod.

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