False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Bulgarian meaning ‘for’ is shared by Belarusian за, Croatian za, Czech za, Kashubian za, Russian за, Slovak za, Slovenian za and Ukrainian за.
• The Bulgarian meaning ‘after’ is shared by Croatian za, Kashubian za, Polish za and Slovenian za.
• The meaning ‘behind’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘за’) is attested in Belarusian за, Czech za, Kashubian za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za, Slovenian za, Lower Sorbian za, Upper Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.
• The meaning ‘because of’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘за’) is attested in Belarusian з-за, Croatian za and Russian из-за.
• The meaning ‘during’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘за’) is attested in Belarusian за, Croatian za, Czech za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za and Ukrainian за.
• The meaning ‘like, as’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘за’) is attested in Kashubian za and Lower Sorbian za.
• The meaning ‘in temporal’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘за’) is attested in Czech za, Kashubian za, Polish za, Russian за, Slovak za, Lower Sorbian za, Upper Sorbian za and Ukrainian за.

NB: No information yet for Bosnian, Macedonian and Serbian.