False Friends of the Slavist/Bosnian-Macedonian

Bosanski jezik — Македонски

Bo. igrati	1. игра ‘to play (a game)’ 2. игра ‘to dance’
Mk. игра	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. igrati ‘to dance’ 3. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’

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Bo. kraj	1. крај ‘end’ 2. крај ‘region’ 3. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај	1. kraj ‘end’ 2. kraj ‘region’

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Bo. majka	Mk. мајка ‘mother’
Mk. мајка	1. majka ‘mother’ 2. ženka, majka (životinja) ‘dam, female animal’

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Bo. masa	Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. sto(l) ‘table’

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Bo. meč	Mk. меч ‘match, game’
Mk. меч	1. meč ‘match, game’ 2. mač ‘sword’

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Bo. muž	Mk. маж ‘husband’
Mk. маж	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’

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Bo. nagao	1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’ 2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло	Bo. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’

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Bo. povijest	Mk. историја ‘history’
Mk. повест	Bo. kratki roman ‘novelette’

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Bo. put	Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот	1. plot ‘fence’ 2. put ‘body, flesh’

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Bo. riječ	Mk. збор ‘word’
Mk. реч	Bo. govor ‘speech’

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Bo. slovenski	Mk. словенечки ‘Slovene’
Mk. словенски	Bo. slavenski ‘Slavonic’

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Bo. sto	Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол	Bo. stolica ‘chair’

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Bo. sto	1. сто ‘a hundred’ 2. маса ‘table’
Mk. сто	Bo. sto ‘a hundred’

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Bo. vijek	Mk. век ‘century’
Mk. век	1. vijek ‘century’ 2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’

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Bo. vrag	Mk. враг ‘devil, demon’
Mk. враг	1. vrag ‘devil, demon’ 2. neprijatelj ‘enemy’ 3. lukavac, previjanac ‘slyboots, smartie’

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Bo. vrijedan	Mk. драгоцен ‘precious’
Mk. вреден	Bo. vješt, valjan, marljiv ‘able, clever’

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Bo. zahod	Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод	Bo. zalazak ‘sunset’

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Bo. zavod	Mk. завод ‘institute’
Mk. завод	1. zavod ‘institute’ 2. tvornica ‘factory, works’

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Bo. zrak	Mk. воздух ‘air’
Mk. зрак	Bo. zraka ‘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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