False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Macedonian


Slovak
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Wikipedia
Macedonian
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Wikipedia

Slovenčina — Македонски


Slk. čas
Mk. време ‘time’
Mk. час Slk. hodina ‘hour’
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Slk. hodina
1. час ‘hour’
2. време, час ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Mk. година Slk. rok ‘year’
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Slk. hrať
1. игра ‘to play (a game)’
2. игра ‘to play (theatre)’
3. свири ‘to play (music)’
Mk. игра 1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’
2. hrať ‘to play (theatre)’
3. tancovať ‘to dance’
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Slk. jahoda
1. јагода ‘strawberry’
2. зрно ‘berry’
Mk. јагода Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’
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Slk. kraj
1. крај ‘region’
2. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај 1. kraj ‘region’
2. koniec ‘end’
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Slk. leto
1. лето ‘summer’
2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Mk. лето Slk. leto ‘summer’
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Slk. list
1. лист ‘sheet of paper’
2. лист ‘leaf’
3. писмо ‘letter’
Mk. лист 1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
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Slk. masa
Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса 1. masa ‘mass’
2. stôl ‘table’
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Slk. matka
Mk. мајка ‘mother’
Mk. матка Slk. maternica ‘womb, uterus’
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Slk. náhly
1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’
2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло Slk. náhly ‘vehement, hasty’
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Slk. napravo
Mk. (на) десно ‘to the right’
Mk. (на)право Slk. priamo ‘straight on’
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Slk. nedeľa
Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела 1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’
2. týždeň ‘week’
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Slk. pokoj
1. покој ‘quiet’
2. мир ‘peace’
Mk. покој Slk. pokoj ‘quiet’
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Slk. povesť
1. глас ‘fame, reputation’
2. приказна, предание ‘legend’
Mk. повест Slk. krátky román ‘novelette’
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Slk. rodina
Mk. семејство ‘family’
Mk. родбина Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’
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Slk. slovenský
Mk. словачки ‘Slovak’
Mk. словенски Slk. slovanský ‘Slavonic’
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Slk. stôl
Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол Slk. stolička, stolica ‘chair’
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Slk. strana
1. страна ‘side’
2. страна ‘page’
3. партија ‘political party’
Mk. страна 1. strana ‘side’
2. strana ‘page’
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Slk. vec
Mk. работа ‘matter’
Mk. вешт Slk. šikovný ‘clever’
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Slk. vrah
Mk. убиец ‘murderer’
Mk. враг 1. nepriateľ ‘enemy’
2. čert ‘devil, demon’
3. prefíkanec, lišiak ‘slyboots, smartie’
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Slk. záchod
Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод Slk. západ ‘sunset’
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Slk. zrak
Mk. вид ‘eyesight’
Mk. зрак Slk. lúč ‘ray, beam’
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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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