False Friends of the Slavist/Belarusian-Slovenian

Беларуская мова — Slovenščina

Blr. аповесць	Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’
Sln. povest	Blr. падание, быліна ‘legend’

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Blr. бяседа	Sln. počitek, slavnost ‘party, ceremony’
Sln. beseda	Blr. слова ‘word’

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Blr. вораг	Sln. sovražnik ‘enemy’
Sln. vrag	Blr. чорт ‘devil, demon’

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Blr. дыван	Sln. preproga ‘carpet’
Sln. divan	Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’

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

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Blr. жывот	1. život ‘belly, body’ 2. življenje ‘life’
Sln. život	Blr. жывот ‘belly, body’

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Blr. зрок	Sln. vid ‘eyesight’
Sln. zrak	Blr. паветра ‘air’

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Blr. іграць	1. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. igrati ‘to play (music)’ 3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’
Sln. igrati	1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. іграць ‘to play (music)’ 3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’

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Blr. край	1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’
Sln. kraj	1. край ‘edge’ 2. край ‘region’ 3. канец ‘end’

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Blr. лета	Sln. poletje ‘summer’
Sln. leto	1. год ‘year (in the sg.)’ 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. pismo ‘letter’
Sln. list	1. ліст, аркуш ‘sheet of paper’ 2. ліст ‘leaf’

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Blr. муж	Sln. mož ‘husband’
Sln. mož	1. муж ‘husband’ 2. мужчына ‘man’

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Blr. наглы	Sln. nagel ‘sudden’
Sln. nagel	1. наглы (reg.), раптоўны ‘sudden’ 2. хуткі, борзды ‘fast, quick’ 3. рэзкі, паспешны ‘vehement, hasty’

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Blr. пакой	Sln. soba ‘room’
Sln. pokoj	Blr. спакой ‘quiet’

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Blr. пара	1. para ‘steam’ 2. par ‘pair’ 3. nekaj ‘a couple of, some’
Sln. para	Blr. пара ‘steam’

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Blr. поўдзень	1. poldan ‘noon’ 2. jug ‘south’
Sln. poldan	Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’

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Blr. поўнач	1. polnoč ‘midnight’ 2. sever ‘north’
Sln. polnoč	Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’

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Blr. проста	1. prosto ‘simple, simply’ 2. naravnost ‘straight on’
Sln. prosto	Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’

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Blr. радзіна	Sln. domovina ‘motherland, home region’
Sln. rodbina	Blr. роднасць, сваяцкасць ‘relations’

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Blr. слова	Sln. beseda ‘word’
Sln. slovo	Blr. развітанне ‘leave-taking, farewell’

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Blr. сталіца	Sln. glavno mesto ‘capital’
Sln. stolica	Blr. кафедра ‘professorship’

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Blr. стол	Sln. miza ‘table’
Sln. stol	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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