False Friends in Slavic Languages

• does not have all its Polish meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and Slovenian.

• The Polish meaning ‘scribe’ is shared by Bosnian pisar, Bulgarian писар, Croatian pisar, Russian писарь, Russian писец, Slovenian pisar and Slovenian pisec.
• The Polish meaning ‘writer’ is shared by Bosnian pisac and Croatian pisac.
• The meaning ‘pencil, crayon’ (not present in Polish ‘pisarz’) is attested in Polish pisak.
• The meaning ‘mouthpiece’ (not present in Polish ‘pisarz’, translated as ‘ustnik, munsztuk’) is attested in Bosnian pisak and Croatian pisak.

NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.