False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
• is a true friend in Czech.
• does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian, Slovak or Slovenian.

• The meaning ‘mother’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Bosnian majka, Bulgarian майка, Croatian majka, Macedonian мајка and Serbian мајка.
• The meaning ‘dam, female animal’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Bulgarian майка and Macedonian мајка.
• The meaning ‘nut to screw on a bolt’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Bulgarian майка.
• The meaning ‘gym shirt’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Belarusian майка, Russian майка and Ukrainian майка.
• The meaning ‘Underpants’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Belarusian майткі and Polish majtki.
• The meaning ‘Shirt’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘majka’) is attested in Russian майка.

NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.