False friends between Polish and Russian or Ukrainian

Since I’ve been teaching Ukrainians or Russians, I’ve been gathering words, which sound similar in our languages but mean something different. We have always a lot of fun finding new false friends and to comparing their meanings. It’s good to enjoy studying, because we can learn new things without special effort. So I want to share my first list with people who know Ukrainian (UK) or Russian (RU). I hope that it’ll be helpful and also fun to read about пукать 😉

Polish meaning	Polish word	False friend in UK or RU	False friend meaning	Actual Polish meaning	Language
young man	młodzieniec	младенец	baby	niemowlę	UK, RU
potty	nocnik	ночник	bedside lamp	lampka nocna	UK, RU
skull	czaszka	чашка	cup	filiżanka	UK, RU
razor blade	żyletka	жилетка	vest	kamizelka	UK, RU
to knock	pukać	пукать	to fart	puszczać gazy	UK, RU
nipples	sutki	сутки	day	doba	UK, RU
tin	puszka	пушка	cannon	armata	UK, RU
diary	pamiętnik	памятник	monument	pomnik	UK, RU
guise	pozór	позор	shame	wstyd	UK, RU
carpet	dywan	диван	couch	kanapa	UK, RU
to undress	rozbierać	разобраться	to sort out	zorientować się	UK, RU
putty	kit	кіт кит	cat whale	kot wieloryb	UK RU
life	żywot	Живіт	belly	brzuch	UK
inspiration	wena	вена	vein	żyła	UK
scrap	graty	Ґрати	grates	kraty	UK
to copulate	spółkować	спілкуватися	to communicate	komunikować się	UK
lack	brak	брак	marriage	małżeństwo	RU
flashcard	fiszka	Фішка	token, feature	żeton, cecha	RU
height	wzrost	возраст	age	wiek	RU
caviar	kawior	ковёр	carpet	dywan	RU

I would like to thank Natalia Myskova from British-English for checking my post.
photo. Agnieszka Ziomko and https://pixabay.com