False Friends of the Slavist/Czech-Bosnian

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Bosnian
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Wikipedia

Čeština — Bosanski jezik

Cz. brzy Bo. skoro ‘soon (adv.)’ Bo. brz Cz. rychlý ‘quick, fast (adj.)’

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Cz. čas Bo. vrijeme ‘time’ Bo. čas Cz. hodina ‘hour’

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Cz. doba 1. doba ‘time, era, period’ 2. trajanje ‘time, duration’ Bo. doba Cz. doba ‘time, era, period’

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

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Cz. hrad Bo. tvrđava, utvrđenje ‘fortress’ Bo. grad 1. město ‘town’ 2. krupobití ‘hail’

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Cz. hrát 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. svirati ‘to play (music)’ Bo. igrati 1. hrát ‘to play (a game)’ 2. tančit, tancovat ‘to dance’

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Cz. jahoda 1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ 2. boba ‘berry’ Bo. jagoda Cz. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Cz. kněz Bo. svećenik ‘priest’ Bo. knez Cz. kníže ‘prince, duke’

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Cz. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ Bo. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ 3. konec ‘end’

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Cz. léto 1. ljeto ‘summer’ 2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’ Bo. ljeto Cz. léto ‘summer’

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Cz. listopad 1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ 2. studeni ‘November’ Bo. listopad Cz. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Cz. meč Bo. mač ‘sword’ Bo. meč Cz. zápas, utkání ‘match, game’

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Cz. mír 1. mir ‘peace’ 2. mir ‘quiet, stillness’ 3. seoska opština ‘hist. municipality, parish, commune’ Bo. mir 1. mír ‘peace’ 2. mír ‘quiet, stillness’

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Cz. mrak Bo. oblak ‘cloud’ Bo. mrak Cz. tma ‘darkness’

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Cz. muž 1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’ Bo. muž Cz. muž ‘husband’

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Cz. náhlý Bo. nagao ‘sudden’ Bo. nagao 1. náhlý ‘sudden’ 2. prudký, kvapný ‘vehement, hasty’

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Cz. napravo Bo. desno ‘to the right’ Bo. pravo Cz. přímo ‘straight on’

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Cz. paměť 1. pamćenje ‘memory’ 2. memorija ‘computer memory’ Bo. pamet Cz. rozum ‘reason, intellect’

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Cz. písmo Bo. pismo ‘font, handwriting’ Bo. pismo 1. písmo ‘font, handwriting’ 2. dopis ‘letter’

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Cz. pověst 1. glas, reputacija ‘fame, reputation’ 2. priča, legenda ‘legend’ Bo. povijest Cz. dějiny ‘history’

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Cz. řeč Bo. govor ‘speech’ Bo. riječ Cz. slovo ‘word’

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Cz. rodina Bo. porodica ‘family’ Bo. rodbina Cz. příbuzenstvo ‘relations’

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Cz. rok Bo. godina ‘year’ Bo. rok Cz. termín, doba, lhůta ‘fixed time, set term, deadline’

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Cz. sad Bo. vrt, bašta ‘garden’ Bo. sad Cz. teď ‘now’

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Cz. slovenský Bo. slovački ‘Slovak’ Bo. slovenski Cz. slovinský ‘Slovene’

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Cz. slovo Bo. riječ ‘word’ Bo. slovo Cz. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Cz. sto Bo. sto ‘a hundred’ Bo. sto 1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. stůl ‘table’

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Cz. strana 1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’ 3. partija, stranka ‘political party’ Bo. strana 1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Cz. štuka Bo. štukatura ‘stucco’ Bo. štuka Cz. štika ‘pike’

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Cz. svět Bo. svijet ‘world’ Bo. svjet Cz. rada ‘council’

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Cz. tykev Bo. dinja ‘sweet melon’ Bo. tikva Cz. dýně ‘pumpkin’

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Cz. věc Bo. stvar ‘matter’ Bo. vješt Cz. šikovný ‘clever’

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Cz. věc Bo. stvar ‘matter, thing’ Bo. već Cz. už, již ‘already’

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Cz. věk 1. vijek ‘century’ 2. dob ‘age (of a person)’ 3. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’ Bo. vijek Cz. věk ‘century’

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Cz. vrah Bo. ubojica ‘murderer’ Bo. vrag Cz. čert ‘devil, demon’

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Cz. závod 1. utakmica ‘contest’ 2. tvornica ‘factory, works’ Bo. zavod Cz. institut, ústav ‘institute’

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Cz. žito Bo. raž ‘rye’ Bo. žito Cz. obilí ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’

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Cz. zrak Bo. vid ‘eyesight’ Bo. zrak Cz. 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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