False Friends of the Slavist/Belarusian-Czech

Беларуская мова — Čeština

Blr. аповесць	Cz. krátký román ‘novelette’
Cz. pověst	1. рэпутацыя, пашана ‘fame, reputation’ 2. падание, быліна ‘legend’

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Blr. вораг	Cz. nepřítel ‘enemy’
Cz. vrah	Blr. забойца ‘murderer’

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Blr. выхад	Cz. východ ‘exit’
Cz. východ	1. выхад ‘exit’ 2. усход ‘east’

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Blr. дыван	Cz. koberec ‘carpet’
Cz. divan	Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’

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Blr. жонка	Cz. žena ‘wife’
Cz. žena	1. жонка ‘wife’ 2. жанчына ‘woman’

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Blr. жывот	1. život ‘life’ 2. břicho ‘belly, body’
Cz. život	Blr. жывот (arch.), жыццё ‘life’

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Blr. запомніць	Cz. pamatovat si ‘to memorize’
Cz. zapomenout	Blr. забыць ‘to forget’

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Blr. іграць	1. hrát ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. hrát ‘to play (music)’ 3. tančit, tancovat ‘to dance’
Cz. hrát	1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. іграць ‘to play (music)’ 3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’

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Blr. князь	Cz. kníže ‘prince, duke’
Cz. kněz	Blr. святар ‘priest’

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Blr. крэсла	1. křeslo ‘armchair’ 2. židle ‘chair’
Cz. křeslo	Blr. крэсла ‘armchair’

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Blr. лета	Cz. léto ‘summer’
Cz. léto	1. лета ‘summer’ 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. dopis ‘letter’
Cz. list	1. ліст, аркуш ‘sheet of paper’ 2. ліст ‘leaf’

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Blr. матка	1. matka ‘mother’ 2. děloha ‘womb, uterus’ 3. samička, matka zvířat ‘dam, female animal’
Cz. matka	1. матка ‘mother’ 2. гайка ‘nut (to screw on a bolt)’

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Blr. муж	Cz. muž ‘husband’
Cz. muž	1. муж ‘husband’ 2. мужчына ‘man’

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Blr. нядзеля	Cz. neděle ‘Sunday’
Cz. neděle	1. нядзеля ‘Sunday’ 2. тыдзень ‘week’

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Blr. пакой	Cz. pokoj ‘room’
Cz. pokoj	1. пакой ‘room’ 2. спакой ‘quiet’

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Blr. пара	1. pára ‘steam’ 2. pár ‘pair’ 3. pár ‘a couple of, some’
Cz. pára	Blr. пара ‘steam’

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Blr. поўдзень	1. poledne ‘noon’ 2. jih ‘south’
Cz. poledne	Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’

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Blr. поўнач	1. půlnoc ‘midnight’ 2. sever ‘north’
Cz. půlnoc	Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’

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Blr. проста	1. prostě ‘simple, simply’ 2. přímo ‘straight on’
Cz. prostě	Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’

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Blr. радзіма	Cz. vlast ‘motherland, home region’
Cz. rodina	Blr. сямя ‘family’

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Blr. рэч	Cz. věc ‘matter’
Cz. řeč	Blr. мова ‘speech’

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Blr. славенскі	Cz. slovinský ‘Slovene’
Cz. slovenský	Blr. славацкі ‘Slovak’

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Blr. сталіца	Cz. hlavní město ‘capital’
Cz. stolice	Blr. крэсла ‘chair’

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Blr. чайка	Cz. racek ‘seagull’
Cz. čejka	Blr. каня ‘peewit, lapwing’

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Blr. чэрвень	Cz. červen ‘June’
Cz. červenec	Blr. ліпень ‘July’

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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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