False Friends of the Slavist/Upper Sorbian

uso 25 000 Słowjanscy wopačni přećeljo w Hornjoserbšćinje ff8 listopad is a complete false friend for about 283.5 million native speakers of Russian, Slovak, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian; has additional meanings in the language of about 77 million native speakers of Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovenian. listopad The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘November’ is shared by Blr. лістапад, Ukr. листопад, Pol. listopad, Cz. listopad, Sln. listopad. The meaning ‘October’ (oktober, winowc) is attested in Cr. listopad. The meaning ‘falling of leaves’ (lisćopad) is attested in R. листопад, Blr. лістапад, Ukr. листопад, Cz. listopad, Slk. listopad, Sln. listopad, Cr. listopad, Bo. listopad, Sb. листопад, Mk. листопад, Bg. листопад. [NB: No information yet for Ka., LSo.] ff209 Serb is a complete false friend for about 250 million native speakers of Russian. The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘Sorb’ is unique. The meaning ‘Serb’ (južny Serb) is attested in R. серб. [NB: No information yet for Blr., Ukr., Pol., Ka., LSo., Cz., Slk., Sln., Cr., Bo., Sb., Mk., Bg.] ff210 serbski is a complete false friend for about 250 million native speakers of Russian. The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘Sorbian (Lusatian)’ is unique. The meaning ‘Serbian’ (serbiski) is attested in R. сербский. [NB: No information yet for Blr., Ukr., Pol., Ka., LSo., Cz., Slk., Sln., Cr., Bo., Sb., Mk., Bg.] ff5 słowjenski is a complete false friend for about 28 million native speakers of Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Macedonian; is a true friend for about 350.5 million native speakers of Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, Bulgarian. slovensk- The Upper Sorbian meaning ‘Slovenian’ is shared by R. словенский, Blr. славенскі, Ukr. словінський, Pol. słoweński, Ka. słowensczi, LSo. słowjeński, Sln. slovenski, Cr. slovenski, Bo. slovenski, Bg. словенски. The meaning ‘Slovak’ (słowakski) is attested in Cz. slovenský, Slk. slovenský. The meaning ‘Slavonic’ (słowjanski) is attested in Sb. словенски, Mk. словенски. [NB: Information complete.] Upper Sorbian-Slavonic R. Leszczyński. Hornjoserbsko-polski i polsko-hornjoserbski słownik pozdatnych ekwiwalentów. Górnołużycko-polski i polsko-górnołużycki słownik ekwiwalentów pozornych. Warszawa 1996.