False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Bosnian

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Slovenčina — Bosanski jezik

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

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

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

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

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

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Slk. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’ 2. kraj ‘region’ Bo. 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’ Bo. ljeto Slk. leto ‘summer’

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

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

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

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

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Slk. nedeľa Bo. nedjelja ‘Sunday’ Bo. nedjelja 1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’ 2. týždeň ‘week’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Slk. zrak Bo. vid ‘eyesight’ Bo. 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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