False Friends in Slavic Languages

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

• The Bulgarian meaning ‘steam’ is shared by Belarusian пара, Bosnian para, Croatian para, Czech pára, Macedonian пара, Polish para, Serbian пара, Slovak para, Slovenian para, Upper Sorbian para and Ukrainian пара.
• The Bulgarian meaning ‘penny, money’ is shared by Bosnian para and Serbian пара.
• The meaning ‘pair’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘пара’, translated as ‘чифт, двойка’) is attested in Belarusian пара, Polish para, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
• The meaning ‘a couple of, some’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘пара’, translated as ‘няколко’) is attested in Belarusian пара, Polish para, Russian пара and Ukrainian пара.
• The meaning ‘breath’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘пара’) is attested in Polish para.
• The meaning ‘dirt on street, mud’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘пара’) is attested in Lower Sorbian para.
• The meaning ‘wretch, (poor) devil’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘пара’) is attested in Slovenian para.

NB: No information yet for Kashubian.