False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Serbian

Slovenčina — Српски језик

Slk. čas	Sb. време ‘time’
Sb. час	Slk. hodina ‘hour’

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Slk. doba	1. доба ‘time, era, period’ 2. трајање ‘time, duration’
Sb. доба	Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’

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

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Slk. hora	1. гора ‘mountain’ 2. шума ‘forest’
Sb. гора	Slk. hora ‘mountain’

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Slk. hrať	1. играти ‘to play (a game)’ 2. глумити ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. свирати ‘to play (music)’
Sb. играти	1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’ 2. tancovať ‘to dance’

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Slk. jahoda	1. јагода ‘strawberry’ 2. боба ‘berry’
Sb. јагода	Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Slk. kraj	1. крај ‘edge’ 2. крај ‘region’
Sb. крај	1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ 3. koniec ‘end’

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Slk. leto	1. лето ‘summer’ 2. година (30 година) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Sb. лето	Slk. leto ‘summer’

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Slk. list	1. лист ‘sheet of paper’ 2. лист ‘leaf’ 3. писмо ‘letter’
Sb. лист	1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’

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Slk. mrak	Sb. облак ‘cloud’
Sb. мрак	Slk. tma ‘darkness’

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Slk. muž	1. муж ‘husband’ 2. мушкарац ‘man’
Sb. муж	Slk. muž ‘husband’

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Slk. napravo	Sb. десно ‘to the right’
Sb. право	Slk. priamo ‘straight on’

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Slk. nedeľa	Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’
Sb. недеља	1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’ 2. týždeň ‘week’

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Slk. pokoj	1. покој ‘quiet’ 2. мир ‘peace’
Sb. покој	Slk. pokoj ‘quiet’

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Slk. reč	Sb. говор ‘speech’
Sb. реч	Slk. slovo ‘word’

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Slk. rodina	Sb. породица ‘family’
Sb. родбина	Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’

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Slk. sad	Sb. врт, башта ‘garden’
Sb. сад	Slk. teraz ‘now’

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Slk. slovenský	Sb. словачки ‘Slovak’
Sb. словенски	Slk. slovanský ‘Slavonic’

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Slk. slovo	Sb. реч ‘word’
Sb. слово	Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Slk. sto	Sb. сто ‘a hundred’
Sb. сто	1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. stôl ‘table’

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Slk. strana	1. страна ‘side’ 2. страна ‘page’ 3. партија, странка ‘political party’
Sb. страна	1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Slk. vec	Sb. ствар ‘matter’
Sb. вешт	Slk. šikovný ‘clever’

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Slk. vec	Sb. ствар ‘matter, thing’
Sb. већ	Slk. už ‘already’

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Slk. vrah	Sb. убица ‘murderer’
Sb. враг	Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’

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Slk. žito	1. раж ‘rye’ 2. пшеница ‘wheat’
Sb. жито	Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’

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Slk. zrak	Sb. вид ‘eyesight’
Sb. зрак	Slk. lúč ‘ray, beam’

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Slk. so	1. с ‘with’ 2. са ‘with’
Sb. со	Slk. soľ ‘salt’

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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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