False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Bosnian


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Slovenčina — Bosanski jezik


Slk. čas
Bo. vrijeme ‘time’
Bo. čas Slk. hodina ‘hour’
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Slk. doba
1. doba ‘time, era, period’
2. trajanje ‘time, duration’
Bo. doba Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’
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Slk. hodina
1. sat ‘hour’
2. vrijeme, sat ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Bo. godina Slk. rok ‘year’
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Slk. hora
1. gora ‘mountain’
2. šuma ‘forest’
Bo. gora Slk. hora ‘mountain’
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Slk. hrať
1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’
3. svirati ‘to play (music)’
Bo. igrati 1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’
2. tancovať ‘to dance’
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Slk. jahoda
1. jagoda ‘strawberry’
2. boba ‘berry’
Bo. jagoda Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’
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Slk. kraj
1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
Bo. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
3. koniec ‘end’
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Slk. leto
1. ljeto ‘summer’
2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Bo. ljeto Slk. leto ‘summer’
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Slk. list
1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
3. pismo ‘letter’
Bo. list 1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
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Slk. mrak
Bo. oblak ‘cloud’
Bo. mrak Slk. tma ‘darkness’
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Slk. muž
1. muž ‘husband’
2. muškarac ‘man’
Bo. muž Slk. muž ‘husband’
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Slk. napravo
Bo. desno ‘to the right’
Bo. pravo Slk. priamo ‘straight on’
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Slk. nedeľa
Bo. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
Bo. nedjelja 1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’
2. týždeň ‘week’
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Slk. povesť
1. glas, reputacija ‘fame, reputation’
2. priča, legenda ‘legend’
Bo. povijest Slk. dejiny ‘history’
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Slk. reč
Bo. govor ‘speech’
Bo. riječ Slk. slovo ‘word’
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Slk. rodina
Bo. porodica ‘family’
Bo. rodbina Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’
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Slk. sad
Bo. vrt, bašta ‘garden’
Bo. sad Slk. teraz ‘now’
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Slk. slovenský
Bo. slovački ‘Slovak’
Bo. slovenski Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’
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Slk. slovo
Bo. riječ ‘word’
Bo. slovo Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’
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Slk. sto
Bo. sto ‘a hundred’
Bo. sto 1. sto ‘a hundred’
2. stôl ‘table’
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Slk. strana
1. strana ‘side’
2. strana ‘page’
3. partija, stranka ‘political party’
Bo. strana 1. strana ‘side’
2. strana ‘page’
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Slk. vec
Bo. stvar ‘matter’
Bo. vješt Slk. šikovný ‘clever’
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Slk. vec
Bo. stvar ‘matter, thing’
Bo. već Slk. ‘already’
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Slk. vrah
Bo. ubojica ‘murderer’
Bo. vrag Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’
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Slk. žito
1. raž ‘rye’
2. pšenica ‘wheat’
Bo. žito Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’
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Slk. zrak
Bo. vid ‘eyesight’
Bo. zrak Slk. vzduch ‘air’
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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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