False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Czech meaning ‘eyesight’ is shared by Belarusian зрок, Polish wzrok, Russian зрак and Slovak zrak.
• The meaning ‘air’ (not present in Czech ‘zrak’, translated as ‘vzduch’) is attested in Bosnian zrak, Croatian zrak and Slovenian zrak.
• The meaning ‘ray, beam’ (not present in Czech ‘zrak’, translated as ‘paprsek’) is attested in Bulgarian зрак, Macedonian зрак and Serbian зрак.

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