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Hrvatski jezik — Српски језик

Српско-хрватски лажни другови Hrvatsko-srpski lažni prijatelji

Cr. igrati Sb. играти ‘to play (a game)’ Sb. играти 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. plesati ‘to dance’

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Cr. kor 1. кор ‘corps’ 2. хор ‘choir’ Sb. кор Cr. kor ‘corps’

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Cr. kovčeg 1. ковчег ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. кофер ‘suitcase’ Sb. ковчег 1. kovčeg ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. mrtvački sanduk, mrtvački kovčeg ‘coffin’

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Cr. lice Sb. лице ‘face’ Sb. лице 1. lice ‘face’ 2. osoba ‘person’

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Cr. listopad 1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. октобар ‘October’ Sb. листопад Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Cr. modar 1. модар ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’ 2. светлоплав ‘light blue’ Sb. модар Cr. modar ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’

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Cr. nedjelja Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’ Sb. недеља 1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’ 2. tjedan, sedmica ‘week’

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Cr. razred 1. разред ‘form, grade, class (at school)’ 2. класа ‘class (in a train, in society, in biology)’ Sb. разред Cr. razred ‘form, grade, class (at school)’

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Cr. restauracija 1. рестаурација ‘restoration’ 2. ресторан ‘restaurant’ Sb. рестаурација Cr. restauracija ‘restoration’

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Cr. sklanjati 1. склањати ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’ 2. деклиновати ‘to decline (grammar)’ Sb. склањати Cr. sklanjati ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’

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Cr. slovenski Sb. словеначки ‘Slovene’ Sb. словенски Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’

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Cr. sprezati 1. спрезати ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’ 2. конјугирати ‘to conjugate’ Sb. спрезати Cr. sprezati ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’

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Cr. svijet Sb. свет ‘council’ Sb. свет 1. svjet, savjet ‘council’ 2. svijet ‘world’

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Cr. zrak Sb. ваздух ‘air’ Sb. зрак Cr. zraka, trak ‘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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