False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Russian meaning ‘fornication’ is shared by Belarusian блуд, Bosnian blud, Bulgarian блуд, Croatian blud, Macedonian блуд, Serbian блуд, Slovenian blud and Ukrainian блуд.
• The meaning ‘delusion’ (not present in Russian ‘блуд’) is attested in Czech blud and Slovak blud.
• The meaning ‘mistake’ (not present in Russian ‘блуд’) is attested in Polish błąd.

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