False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Bulgarian and Russian.
• is a true friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish and Slovenian.
• has additional meanings in Macedonian.

• The Serbian meaning ‘fence’ is shared by Belarusian плот, Bosnian put, Croatian put, Czech plot, Macedonian плот, Polish płot and Slovenian plot.
• The meaning ‘body, flesh’ (not present in Serbian ‘плот’, translated as ‘пут’) is attested in Bulgarian плът, Macedonian плот and Russian плоть.
• The meaning ‘raft’ (not present in Serbian ‘плот’) is attested in Russian плот.
• The meaning ‘sex’ (not present in Serbian ‘плот’) is attested in Polish płeć.

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