False Friends of the Slavist/Czech-Bosnian

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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