False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Macedonian


Slovenian
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Macedonian
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Slovenščina — Македонски


Sln. čas
Mk. време ‘time’
Mk. час Sln. ura ‘hour’
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Sln. Dunaj
Mk. Виена ‘Vienna’
Mk. Дунав Sln. Donava ‘Danube’
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Sln. igrati
1. игра ‘to play (a game)’
2. игра ‘to play (theatre)’
3. свири ‘to play (music)’
Mk. игра 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’
3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’
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Sln. jagoda
1. јагода ‘strawberry’
2. зрно ‘berry’
Mk. јагода Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’
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Sln. kraj
1. крај ‘end’
2. крај ‘region’
3. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај 1. kraj ‘end’
2. kraj ‘region’
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Sln. leto
1. година ‘year (in the sg.)’
2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Mk. лето Sln. poletje ‘summer’
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Sln. listopad
1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’
2. ноември ‘November’
Mk. листопад Sln. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
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Sln. masa
Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса 1. masa ‘mass’
2. miza ‘table’
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Sln. nagel
1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’
2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
3. брз, пргав ‘fast, quick’
Mk. нагло Sln. nagel ‘vehement, hasty’
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Sln. nedelja
Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела 1. nedelja ‘Sunday’
2. teden ‘week’
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Sln. plot
Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот 1. plot ‘fence’
2. telo ‘body, flesh’
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Sln. povest
Mk. приказна, предание ‘legend’
Mk. повест Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’
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Sln. reč
Mk. работа ‘matter’
Mk. реч Sln. govor ‘speech’
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Sln. slovenski
Mk. словенечки ‘Slovene’
Mk. словенски Sln. slovanski ‘Slavonic’
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Sln. stolica
Mk. катедра ‘professorship’
Mk. столица Sln. stol ‘chair’
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Sln. vrag
Mk. враг ‘devil, demon’
Mk. враг 1. vrag ‘devil, demon’
2. sovražnik ‘enemy’
3. prekanjenec, zvitorepec ‘slyboots, smartie’
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Sln. vreden
Mk. драгоцен ‘precious’
Mk. вреден Sln. spreten, vrl, zmožen ‘able, clever’
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Sln. zahod
1. заод ‘sunset’
2. запад ‘west’
Mk. заод Sln. zahod ‘sunset’
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Sln. zavod
Mk. завод ‘institute’
Mk. завод 1. zavod ‘institute’
2. tovarna ‘factory, works’
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Sln. zbor
1. собир, состанок ‘assembly’
2. хор ‘choir’
Mk. збор Sln. beseda ‘word’
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Sln. život
Mk. стомак ‘belly, body’
Mk. живот Sln. življenje ‘life’
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Sln. zrak
Mk. воздух ‘air’
Mk. зрак Sln. žarek ‘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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