False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘dad’ is shared by Polish papa and Lower Sorbian papa.
• The Russian meaning ‘the Pope’ is shared by Belarusian папа, Bosnian papa, Bulgarian папа, Croatian papa, Serbian папа and Ukrainian папа.
• The meaning ‘cardboard, pasteboard’ (not present in Russian ‘папа’, translated as ‘папка, картон’) is attested in Polish papa and Lower Sorbian papa.
• The meaning ‘bye-bye!’ (not present in Russian ‘папа’, translated as ‘пока!’) is attested in Bosnian papa, Croatian papa, Czech pápá, Polish papa, Serbian папа, Slovenian papa and Ukrainian папа.
• The meaning ‘mash’ (not present in Russian ‘папа’) is attested in Lower Sorbian papa.

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