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Беларуская мова — Slovenščina


Blr. аповесць
Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’
Sln. povest Blr. падание, быліна ‘legend’
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Blr. бяседа
Sln. počitek, slavnost ‘party, ceremony’
Sln. beseda Blr. слова ‘word’
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Blr. вораг
Sln. sovražnik ‘enemy’
Sln. vrag Blr. чорт ‘devil, demon’
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Blr. дыван
Sln. preproga ‘carpet’
Sln. divan Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’
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Blr. жонка
Sln. žena ‘wife’
Sln. žena 1. жонка ‘wife’
2. жанчына ‘woman’
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Blr. жывот
1. život ‘belly, body’
2. življenje ‘life’
Sln. život Blr. жывот ‘belly, body’
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Blr. зрок
Sln. vid ‘eyesight’
Sln. zrak Blr. паветра ‘air’
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Blr. іграць
1. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’
2. igrati ‘to play (music)’
3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’
Sln. igrati 1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’
2. іграць ‘to play (music)’
3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’
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Blr. край
1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
Sln. kraj 1. край ‘edge’
2. край ‘region’
3. канец ‘end’
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Blr. лета
Sln. poletje ‘summer’
Sln. leto 1. год ‘year (in the sg.)’
2. год (30 гадоў) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
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Blr. ліст
1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
3. pismo ‘letter’
Sln. list 1. ліст, аркуш ‘sheet of paper’
2. ліст ‘leaf’
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Blr. муж
Sln. mož ‘husband’
Sln. mož 1. муж ‘husband’
2. мужчына ‘man’
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Blr. наглы
Sln. nagel ‘sudden’
Sln. nagel 1. наглы (reg.), раптоўны ‘sudden’
2. хуткі, борзды ‘fast, quick’
3. рэзкі, паспешны ‘vehement, hasty’
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Blr. пакой
Sln. soba ‘room’
Sln. pokoj Blr. спакой ‘quiet’
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Blr. пара
1. para ‘steam’
2. par ‘pair’
3. nekaj ‘a couple of, some’
Sln. para Blr. пара ‘steam’
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Blr. поўдзень
1. poldan ‘noon’
2. jug ‘south’
Sln. poldan Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’
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Blr. поўнач
1. polnoč ‘midnight’
2. sever ‘north’
Sln. polnoč Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’
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Blr. проста
1. prosto ‘simple, simply’
2. naravnost ‘straight on’
Sln. prosto Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’
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Blr. радзіна
Sln. domovina ‘motherland, home region’
Sln. rodbina Blr. роднасць, сваяцкасць ‘relations’
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Blr. слова
Sln. beseda ‘word’
Sln. slovo Blr. развітанне ‘leave-taking, farewell’
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Blr. сталіца
Sln. glavno mesto ‘capital’
Sln. stolica Blr. кафедра ‘professorship’
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Blr. стол
Sln. miza ‘table’
Sln. stol Blr. крэсла ‘chair’
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For additional information on false friends, see the On-line hypertext bibliography by Daniel Bunčić and Ryszard Lipczuk.

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