False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
• is a true friend in Slovak.
• has additional meanings in Croatian and Slovenian.

• The Czech meaning ‘choir’ is shared by Croatian sabor, Croatian zbor, Slovak zbor and Slovenian zbor.
• The meaning ‘assembly’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Belarusian збор, Bosnian sabor, Bosnian zbor, Bulgarian сбор, Croatian sabor, Croatian zbor, Kashubian zbór, Russian сбор, Serbian сабор, Serbian збор, Slovenian zbor and Ukrainian збір.
• The meaning ‘collecting, collection’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Belarusian збор, Bulgarian сбор and Russian сбор.
• The meaning ‘word’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Macedonian збор.
• The meaning ‘heap’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Lower Sorbian zbor.
• The meaning ‘payment’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Russian сбор and Ukrainian збір.
• The meaning ‘meeting’ (not present in Czech ‘sbor’) is attested in Belarusian збор and Ukrainian збір.

NB: No information yet for Polish and Upper Sorbian.