False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Croatian

Slovenčina — Hrvatski jezik

Hrvatsko-Slovački lažni prijatelji

Slk. doba	1. doba ‘time, era, period’ 2. trajanje ‘time, duration’
Cr. doba	Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’

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Slk. hodina	1. sat ‘hour’ 2. vrijeme, sat ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Cr. godina	Slk. rok ‘year’

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Slk. hora	1. gora ‘mountain’ 2. šuma ‘forest’
Cr. 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)’
Cr. igrati	Slk. hrať ‘to play (a game)’

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Slk. jahoda	1. jagoda ‘strawberry’
Cr. jagoda	Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Slk. kraj	1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’
Cr. 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’ (old-fashioned, not to find in the modern language)
Cr. ljeto	Slk. leto ‘summer’

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Slk. list	1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’ 3. pismo ‘letter’
Cr. list	1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’

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Slk. listopad	Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
Cr. listopad	1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ 2. október ‘October’

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Slk. mrak	Cr. oblak ‘cloud’
Cr. mrak	Slk. tma ‘darkness’

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Slk. muž	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’
Cr. muž	Slk. muž ‘husband’

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Slk. napravo	Cr. desno ‘to the right’
Cr. pravo	Slk. priamo ‘straight on’

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Slk. popolník	Cr. pepeljara ‘ash-tray’
Cr. Pepelnica	Slk. Popolná streda ‘Ash Wednesday’

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Slk. povesť	1. glas, reputacija ‘fame, reputation’ 2. priča, legenda ‘legend’
Cr. povijest	Slk. dejiny ‘history’

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Slk. reč	Cr. govor ‘speech’
Cr. riječ	Slk. slovo ‘word’

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Slk. rodina	Cr. porodica ‘family’
Cr. rodbina	Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’

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Slk. sad	Cr. vrt, bašta ‘garden’
Cr. sad	Slk. teraz ‘now’

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Slk. slovenský	Cr. slovački ‘Slovak’
Cr. slovenski	Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’

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Slk. slovo	Cr. riječ ‘word’
Cr. slovo	Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Slk. sto	Cr. sto ‘a hundred’
Cr. sto	1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. stôl ‘table’

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Slk. strana	1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’ 3. stranka ‘political party’
Cr. strana	1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Slk. vec	Cr. stvar ‘matter’
Cr. vješt	Slk. šikovný ‘clever’

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Slk. vec	Cr. stvar ‘matter, thing’
Cr. već	Slk. už ‘already’

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Slk. vrah	Cr. ubojica ‘murderer’
Cr. vrag	Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’

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Slk. žito	1. raž ‘rye’ 2. pšenica ‘wheat’
Cr. žito	Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’

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Slk. zrak	Cr. vid ‘eyesight’
Cr. 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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