False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Bulgarian


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Slovenčina — Български език

Българско-словашки неверни приятели на преводача


Slk. čas
Bg. време ‘time’
Bg. час Slk. hodina ‘hour’
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Slk. doba
1. доба ‘time, era, period’
2. трайност ‘time, duration’
Bg. доба Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’
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Slk. hodina
1. час ‘hour’
2. време, час ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Bg. година Slk. rok ‘year’
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Slk. hora
1. гора ‘forest’
2. планина ‘mountain’
Bg. гора Slk. hora ‘forest’
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Slk. hrať
1. играя ‘to play (a game)’
2. играя ‘to play (theatre)’
3. свиря ‘to play (music)’
Bg. играя 1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’
2. hrať ‘to play (theatre)’
3. tancovať ‘to dance’
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Slk. jahoda
1. ягода ‘strawberry’
2. сочен зърнест плод от храстови растения ‘berry’
Bg. ягода Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’
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Slk. kraj
1. край ‘edge’
2. край ‘region’
Bg. край 1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
3. koniec ‘end’
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Slk. list
1. лист ‘sheet of paper’
2. лист ‘leaf’
3. писмо ‘letter’
Bg. лист 1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
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Slk. masa
Bg. маса ‘mass’
Bg. маса 1. masa ‘mass’
2. stôl ‘table’
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Slk. matka
Bg. майка ‘mother’
Bg. матка Slk. maternica ‘womb, uterus’
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Slk. náhly
1. внезапен ‘sudden’
2. буен, бърз ‘vehement, hasty’
Bg. нагъл Slk. bezočivý, drzý ‘naughty’
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Slk. napravo
Bg. (на) дясно ‘to the right’
Bg. (на) право Slk. priamo ‘straight on’
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Slk. pokoj
1. покой ‘quiet’
2. мир ‘peace’
Bg. покой Slk. pokoj ‘quiet’
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Slk. povesť
1. почитание, име ‘fame, reputation’
2. приказка, предание ‘legend’
Bg. повест Slk. krátky román ‘novelette’
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Slk. rodina
Bg. семейство ‘family’
Bg. родина Slk. vlasť, otčina ‘motherland, home region’
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Slk. slovenský
Bg. словашки ‘Slovak’
Bg. словенски Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’
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Slk. stôl
Bg. маса ‘table’
Bg. стол 1. stolička, stolica ‘chair’
2. jedáleň ‘canteen’
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Slk. stolica
Bg. стол ‘chair’
Bg. столица Slk. hlavné mesto ‘capital’
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Slk. strana
1. страна ‘side’
2. страница ‘page’
3. партия ‘political party’
Bg. страна 1. strana ‘side’
2. územie, krajina ‘country’
3. líce ‘cheek’
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Slk. vrah
Bg. убиец, убийца ‘murderer’
Bg. враг Slk. nepriateľ ‘enemy’
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Slk. žito
1. жито ‘wheat’
2. ръж ‘rye’
Bg. жито Slk. pšenica, žito ‘wheat’
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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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