False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Bulgarian meaning ‘matter’ is shared by Czech věc, Russian вещь and Slovak vec.
• The Bulgarian meaning ‘skilful’ is shared by Macedonian вешт.
• The meaning ‘message’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вещ’, translated as ‘вест’) is attested in Polish wieść.
• The meaning ‘thing’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вещ’) is attested in Russian вещь.
• The meaning ‘clever’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘вещ’, translated as ‘сръчен, умел’) is attested in Bosnian vješt, Croatian vješt, Macedonian вешт, Serbian вешт and Slovenian vešč.

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