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Slovenčina — Српски језик


Slk. čas
Sb. време ‘time’
Sb. час Slk. hodina ‘hour’
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Slk. doba
1. доба ‘time, era, period’
2. трајање ‘time, duration’
Sb. доба Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’
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Slk. hodina
1. час ‘hour’
2. време, час ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Sb. година Slk. rok ‘year’
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Slk. hora
1. гора ‘mountain’
2. шума ‘forest’
Sb. гора Slk. hora ‘mountain’
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Slk. hrať
1. играти ‘to play (a game)’
2. глумити ‘to play (theatre)’
3. свирати ‘to play (music)’
Sb. играти 1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’
2. tancovať ‘to dance’
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Slk. jahoda
1. јагода ‘strawberry’
2. боба ‘berry’
Sb. јагода Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’
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Slk. kraj
1. крај ‘edge’
2. крај ‘region’
Sb. крај 1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
3. koniec ‘end’
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Slk. leto
1. лето ‘summer’
2. година (30 година) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Sb. лето Slk. leto ‘summer’
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Slk. list
1. лист ‘sheet of paper’
2. лист ‘leaf’
3. писмо ‘letter’
Sb. лист 1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
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Slk. mrak
Sb. облак ‘cloud’
Sb. мрак Slk. tma ‘darkness’
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Slk. muž
1. муж ‘husband’
2. мушкарац ‘man’
Sb. муж Slk. muž ‘husband’
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Slk. napravo
Sb. десно ‘to the right’
Sb. право Slk. priamo ‘straight on’
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Slk. nedeľa
Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’
Sb. недеља 1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’
2. týždeň ‘week’
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Slk. pokoj
1. покој ‘quiet’
2. мир ‘peace’
Sb. покој Slk. pokoj ‘quiet’
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Slk. reč
Sb. говор ‘speech’
Sb. реч Slk. slovo ‘word’
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Slk. rodina
Sb. породица ‘family’
Sb. родбина Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’
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Slk. sad
Sb. врт, башта ‘garden’
Sb. сад Slk. teraz ‘now’
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Slk. slovenský
Sb. словачки ‘Slovak’
Sb. словенски Slk. slovanský ‘Slavonic’
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Slk. slovo
Sb. реч ‘word’
Sb. слово Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’
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Slk. sto
Sb. сто ‘a hundred’
Sb. сто 1. sto ‘a hundred’
2. stôl ‘table’
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Slk. strana
1. страна ‘side’
2. страна ‘page’
3. партија, странка ‘political party’
Sb. страна 1. strana ‘side’
2. strana ‘page’
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Slk. vec
Sb. ствар ‘matter’
Sb. вешт Slk. šikovný ‘clever’
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Slk. vec
Sb. ствар ‘matter, thing’
Sb. већ Slk. ‘already’
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Slk. vrah
Sb. убица ‘murderer’
Sb. враг Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’
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Slk. žito
1. раж ‘rye’
2. пшеница ‘wheat’
Sb. жито Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’
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Slk. zrak
Sb. вид ‘eyesight’
Sb. зрак Slk. lúč ‘ray, beam’
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Slk. so
1. с ‘with’
2. са ‘with’
Sb. со Slk. soľ ‘salt’
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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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