False Friends of the Slavist/Czech-Macedonian

Čeština — Македонски

Cz. čas	Mk. време ‘time’
Mk. час	Cz. hodina ‘hour’

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Cz. hodina	1. час ‘hour’ 2. време, час ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Mk. година	Cz. rok ‘year’

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Cz. hrát	1. игра ‘to play (a game)’ 2. игра ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. свири ‘to play (music)’
Mk. игра	1. hrát ‘to play (a game)’ 2. hrát ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. tančit, tancovat ‘to dance’

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Cz. jahoda	1. јагода ‘strawberry’ 2. зрно ‘berry’
Mk. јагода	Cz. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Cz. kraj	1. крај ‘region’ 2. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај	1. kraj ‘region’ 2. konec ‘end’

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Cz. léto	1. лето ‘summer’ 2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Mk. лето	Cz. léto ‘summer’

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Cz. listopad	1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. ноември ‘November’
Mk. листопад	Cz. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Cz. masa	Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. stůl ‘table’

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Cz. matka	1. мајка ‘mother’ 2. мутер, заврток ‘nut (to screw on a bolt)’
Mk. матка	Cz. děloha ‘womb, uterus’

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Cz. meč	Mk. меч ‘sword’
Mk. меч	1. meč ‘sword’ 2. zápas, utkání ‘match, game’

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Cz. náhlý	Mk. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло	Cz. prudký, kvapný ‘vehement, hasty’

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Cz. napravo	Mk. (на) десно ‘to the right’
Mk. (на)право	Cz. přímo ‘straight on’

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Cz. plot	Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот	1. plot ‘fence’ 2. tělo ‘body, flesh’

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Cz. pokoj	1. покој ‘quiet’ 2. соба ‘room’
Mk. покој	Cz. pokoj ‘quiet’

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Cz. pověst	1. глас ‘fame, reputation’ 2. приказна, предание ‘legend’
Mk. повест	Cz. krátký román ‘novelette’

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Cz. rodina	Mk. семејство ‘family’
Mk. родбина	Cz. příbuzenstvo ‘relations’

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Cz. rok	Mk. година ‘year’
Mk. рок	Cz. termín, doba, lhůta ‘fixed time, set term, deadline’

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Cz. slovenský	Mk. словачки ‘Slovak’
Mk. словенски	Cz. slovanský ‘Slavonic’

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Cz. strana	1. страна ‘side’ 2. страна ‘page’ 3. партија ‘political party’
Mk. страна	1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Cz. stůl	Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол	Cz. židle, stolice ‘chair’

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Cz. tykev	Mk. диња ‘sweet melon’
Mk. тиква	Cz. dýně ‘pumpkin’

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Cz. věc	Mk. работа ‘matter’
Mk. вешт	Cz. šikovný ‘clever’

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Cz. věk	1. век ‘age, epoch’ 2. век ‘century’ 3. возраст ‘age (of a person)’
Mk. век	1. věk ‘age, epoch’ 2. věk ‘century’

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Cz. vrah	Mk. убиец ‘murderer’
Mk. враг	1. nepřítel ‘enemy’ 2. čert ‘devil, demon’ 3. chytrák ‘slyboots, smartie’

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Cz. záchod	Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод	Cz. západ ‘sunset’

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Cz. zapomenout	Mk. заборава ‘to forget’
Mk. запомни	Cz. pamatovat si ‘to memorize’

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Cz. závod	1. завод ‘factory, works’ 2. натпреварување ‘contest’
Mk. завод	1. závod ‘factory, works’ 2. institut, ústav ‘institute’

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Cz. zrak	Mk. вид ‘eyesight’
Mk. зрак	Cz. paprsek ‘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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