False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

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

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