False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Macedonian

Slovenščina — Македонски

Sln. čas	Mk. време ‘time’
Mk. час	Sln. ura ‘hour’

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Sln. Dunaj	Mk. Виена ‘Vienna’
Mk. Дунав	Sln. Donava ‘Danube’

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Sln. igrati	1. игра ‘to play (a game)’ 2. игра ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. свири ‘to play (music)’
Mk. игра	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. igrati ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’

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Sln. jagoda	1. јагода ‘strawberry’ 2. зрно ‘berry’
Mk. јагода	Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’

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Sln. kraj	1. крај ‘end’ 2. крај ‘region’ 3. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај	1. kraj ‘end’ 2. kraj ‘region’

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Sln. leto	1. година ‘year (in the sg.)’ 2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Mk. лето	Sln. poletje ‘summer’

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Sln. listopad	1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. ноември ‘November’
Mk. листопад	Sln. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Sln. masa	Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. miza ‘table’

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Sln. nagel	1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’ 2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’ 3. брз, пргав ‘fast, quick’
Mk. нагло	Sln. nagel ‘vehement, hasty’

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Sln. nedelja	Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела	1. nedelja ‘Sunday’ 2. teden ‘week’

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Sln. plot	Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот	1. plot ‘fence’ 2. telo ‘body, flesh’

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Sln. povest	Mk. приказна, предание ‘legend’
Mk. повест	Sln. kratek roman ‘novelette’

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Sln. reč	Mk. работа ‘matter’
Mk. реч	Sln. govor ‘speech’

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Sln. slovenski	Mk. словенечки ‘Slovene’
Mk. словенски	Sln. slovanski ‘Slavonic’

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Sln. stolica	Mk. катедра ‘professorship’
Mk. столица	Sln. stol ‘chair’

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Sln. vrag	Mk. враг ‘devil, demon’
Mk. враг	1. vrag ‘devil, demon’ 2. sovražnik ‘enemy’ 3. prekanjenec, zvitorepec ‘slyboots, smartie’

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Sln. vreden	Mk. драгоцен ‘precious’
Mk. вреден	Sln. spreten, vrl, zmožen ‘able, clever’

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Sln. zahod	1. заод ‘sunset’ 2. запад ‘west’
Mk. заод	Sln. zahod ‘sunset’

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Sln. zavod	Mk. завод ‘institute’
Mk. завод	1. zavod ‘institute’ 2. tovarna ‘factory, works’

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Sln. zbor	1. собир, состанок ‘assembly’ 2. хор ‘choir’
Mk. збор	Sln. beseda ‘word’

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Sln. život	Mk. стомак ‘belly, body’
Mk. живот	Sln. življenje ‘life’

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Sln. zrak	Mk. воздух ‘air’
Mk. зрак	Sln. žarek ‘ray, beam’

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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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