False Friends of the Slavist/Belarusian-Slovak

Беларуская мова — Slovenčina

Blr. аповесць	Slk. krátky román ‘novelette’
Slk. povesť	1. рэпутацыя, пашана ‘fame, reputation’ 2. падание, быліна ‘legend’

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Blr. вораг	Slk. nepriateľ ‘enemy’
Slk. vrah	Blr. забойца ‘murderer’

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

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Blr. гара	Slk. hora ‘mountain’
Slk. hora	1. гара ‘mountain’ 2. лес ‘forest’

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Blr. дыван	Slk. koberec ‘carpet’
Slk. diván	Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’

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

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

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Blr. іграць	1. hrať ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. hrať ‘to play (music)’ 3. tancovať ‘to dance’
Slk. hrať	1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. іграць ‘to play (music)’ 3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’

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Blr. крэсла	1. kreslo ‘armchair’ 2. stolička ‘chair’
Slk. kreslo	Blr. крэсла ‘armchair’

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Blr. лістапад	1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ 2. november ‘November’
Slk. listopad	Blr. лістапад ‘falling of leaves’

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Blr. матка	1. matka ‘mother’ 2. maternica ‘womb, uterus’ 3. samička ‘dam, female animal’
Slk. matka	Blr. матка ‘mother’

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

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Blr. наглы	Slk. náhly ‘sudden’
Slk. náhly	1. наглы (reg.), раптоўны ‘sudden’ 2. рэзкі, паспешны ‘vehement, hasty’

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Blr. пакой	Slk. izba ‘room’
Slk. pokoj	1. спакой ‘quiet’ 2. мір ‘peace’

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Blr. пара	1. para ‘steam’ 2. pár ‘pair’ 3. niekoľko ‘a couple of, some’
Slk. para	Blr. пара ‘steam’

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Blr. поўдзень	1. poludnie ‘noon’ 2. juh ‘south’
Slk. poludnie	Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’

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Blr. поўнач	1. polnoc ‘midnight’ 2. sever ‘north’
Slk. polnoc	Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’

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Blr. проста	1. proste ‘simple, simply’ 2. priamo ‘straight on’
Slk. proste	Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’

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Blr. радзіма	Slk. vlasť, otčina ‘motherland, home region’
Slk. rodina	Blr. сямя ‘family’

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Blr. рэч	Slk. vec ‘matter’
Slk. reč	Blr. мова ‘speech’

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

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Blr. сталіца	Slk. hlavné mesto ‘capital’
Slk. stolica	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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