False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Croatian

Slovenščina — Hrvatski jezik

Hrvatsko-Slovenski lažni prijatelji

Sln. dete	Cr. beba, mladunče, dojenče ‘baby’
Cr. dijete	Sln. otrok ‘child’

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Sln. dob	Cr. hrast, dub ‘oak tree’
Cr. dob	Sln. starost ‘age’

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Sln. dvorec	Cr. gospodska kuća ‘mansion house’
Cr. dvorac	Sln. grad ‘castle’

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Sln. Dunaj	Cr. Beč ‘Vienna’
Cr. Dunav	Sln. Donava ‘Danube’

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Sln. grad	Cr. dvorac ‘castle’
Cr. grad	1. mesto ‘town’ 2. toča ‘hail’

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Sln. grah	Cr. grašak ‘peas’
Cr. grah	Sln. fižol ‘beans’

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Sln. hlad	Cr. hlad ‘coolness’
Cr. hlad	1. hlad ‘coolness’ 2. senca ‘shadow’

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Sln. igrati	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. svirati ‘to play (music)’
Cr. igrati	Sln. igrati ‘to play (a game)’

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Sln. jagoda	1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ 2. boba ‘berry’
Cr. jagoda	Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’

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Sln. koča	Cr. koliba ‘hut’
Cr. kuća	Sln. hiša, dom ‘house’

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Sln. konec	1. konac, kraj ‘end’ 2. kraj ‘region’
Cr. konac	1. nit ‘thread’ 2. konec ‘end’

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Sln. kovček	Cr. kovčeg ‘suitcase’
Cr. kovčeg	1. kovček ‘suitcase’ 2. skrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’

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Sln. kraj	Cr. mjesto ‘ihnabited place, locality’
Cr. kraj	Sln. konec ‘end, region’

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Sln. leto	1. godina ‘year (in the sg.)’ 2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Cr. ljeto	Sln. poletje ‘summer’

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Sln. lice	1. lice ‘face’ 2. obraz ‘cheek’
Cr. lice	Sln. lice ‘face’

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Sln. listopad (archaic)	Cr. studeni ‘November’
Cr. listopad	1. oktober ‘October’ 2. odpad(anje) listja ‘falling of leaves’ (poetic)

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Sln. mesto	1. mjesto ‘place’ (in geometrical sense) 2. grad ‘town, city’
Cr. mjesto	1. mesto ‘place’ (in geometrical sense) 2. kraj ‘ihnabited place, locality’

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Sln. moč	1. moć ‘might’ 2. snaga ‘strength’
Cr. moć	Sln. moč ‘might’

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Sln. mož	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’
Cr. muž	Sln. mož ‘husband’

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Sln. nagel	1. nagao ‘sudden’ 2. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’ 3. brz, hitar ‘fast, quick’
Cr. nagao	1. nagel ‘sudden’ 2. nagel ‘vehement, hasty’

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Sln. obraz	Cr. obraz ‘face’
Cr. obraz	1. obraz ‘face’ 2. lice ‘cheek’

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Sln. povest	Cr. priča, legenda ‘legend’
Cr. povijest	Sln. zgodovina ‘history’

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Sln. reč	Cr. stvar ‘matter’
Cr. riječ	Sln. beseda ‘word’

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Sln. sad	Cr. plod ‘fruit’
Cr. sad	Sln. zdaj ‘now’

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Sln. skop	Cr. škrt ‘miserly’
Cr. skup	Sln. poceni ‘cheap’

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Sln. slovo	Cr. oproštaj ‘leave-taking, farewell’
Cr. slovo	Sln. črka ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Sln. snaga	Cr. čistoća ‘cleanliness’
Cr. snaga	Sln. moč ‘strength’

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Sln. srpen (mali, veliki)	1. srpanj ‘July’ 2. kolovoz ‘August’
Cr. srpanj	Sln. mali srpen ‘July’

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Sln. sto	Cr. sto ‘a hundred’
Cr. sto	1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stol	Cr. stolica ‘chair’
Cr. stol	Sln. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stolica	Cr. katedra ‘professorship’
Cr. stolica	Sln. stol ‘chair’

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Sln. traven (mali, veliki)	1. travanj ‘April’ 2. svibanj ‘May’
Cr. travanj	Sln. mali traven ‘April’

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Sln. truden	Cr. trudan (arch.), umoran ‘tired’
Cr. trudan	1. truden ‘tired’ 2. noseč(a) ‘pregnant’

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Sln. več	Cr. više ‘more’
Cr. već	Sln. že ‘already’

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Sln. vek	1. vijek, doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’ 2. vijek ‘lifespan’
Cr. vijek	1. vek ‘age, epoch’ 2. vek ‘lifespan’ 3. stoletje ‘century’

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Sln. vreme	Cr. vrijeme ‘weather’
Cr. vrijeme	1. vreme ‘weather’ 2. čas, doba ‘time’

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Sln. zahod	1. zapad ‘west’ 2. zalazak, zalaz ‘sunset’
Cr. zahod	Sln. stranišče ‘toilet’

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Sln. zal	Cr. lijep ‘beautiful’
Cr. zao	1. slab ‘bad, shoddy’ 2. hudoben ‘evil’

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Sln. život	Cr. trbuh ‘belly, body’
Cr. život	Sln. življenje ‘life’

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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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