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Беларуская мова — Hrvatski jezik

Hrvatsko-Bjeloruski lažni prijatelji


Blr. аповесць
Cr. kratki roman ‘novelette’
Cr. povijest Blr. гісторыя ‘history’
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Blr. бялізна
Cr. rublje, veš ‘linen, laundry’
Cr. bjelina Blr. белізна ‘whiteness’
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Blr. вораг
Cr. neprijatelj ‘enemy’
Cr. vrag Blr. чорт ‘devil, demon’
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Blr. гаворка
1. dijalekt ‘dialect’
2. govorkanje ‘talking’
Cr. govor Blr. мова ‘speech’
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Blr. гадзіна
1. sat ‘hour’
2. vrijeme, sat ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Cr. godina Blr. год ‘year’
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Blr. дадатны
Cr. pozitivan ‘positive’
Cr. dodatni Blr. дадатковы ‘additional’
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Blr. дыван
Cr. tepih ‘carpet’
Cr. divan Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’
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Blr. жонка
Cr. žena ‘wife’
Cr. žena 1. жонка ‘wife’
2. жанчына ‘woman’
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Blr. жывот
1. život ‘life’
2. trbuh ‘belly, body’
Cr. život Blr. жывот (arch.), жыццё ‘life’
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Blr. зрок
Cr. vid ‘eyesight’
Cr. zrak Blr. паветра ‘air’
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Blr. іграць
1. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’
2. svirati ‘to play (music)’
3. plesati ‘to dance’
Cr. igrati Blr. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’
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Blr. край
1. kraj ‘edge’
2. kraj ‘region’
Cr. kraj 1. край ‘edge’
2. край ‘region’
3. канец ‘end’
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Blr. ліпень
Cr. srpanj ‘July’
Cr. lipanj Blr. чэрвень ‘June’
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Blr. ліст
1. list ‘sheet of paper’
2. list ‘leaf’
3. pismo ‘letter’
Cr. list 1. ліст, аркуш ‘sheet of paper’
2. ліст ‘leaf’
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Blr. лістапад
1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
2. studeni ‘November’
Cr. listopad 1. лістапад ‘falling of leaves’
2. кастрычнік ‘October’
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Blr. майка
Cr. majica ‘gym shirt’
Cr. majka Blr. маці ‘mother’
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Blr. меч
Cr. mač ‘sword’
Cr. meč Blr. матч ‘match, game’
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Blr. наглы
Cr. nagao ‘sudden’
Cr. nagao 1. наглы (reg.), раптоўны ‘sudden’
2. рэзкі, паспешны ‘vehement, hasty’
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Blr. направа
Cr. desno ‘to the right’
Cr. pravo Blr. прама, наўпрост, проста ‘straight on’
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Blr. пара
1. para ‘steam’
2. par ‘pair’
3. nekoliko ‘a couple of, some’
Cr. para Blr. пара ‘steam’
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Blr. поўдзень
1. podne ‘noon’
2. jug ‘south’
Cr. podne Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’
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Blr. поўнач
1. ponoć ‘midnight’
2. sjever ‘north’
Cr. ponoć Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’
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Blr. проста
1. prosto ‘simple, simply’
2. pravo ‘straight on’
Cr. prosto Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’
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Blr. радзіна
Cr. domovina ‘motherland, home region’
Cr. rodbina Blr. роднасць, сваяцкасць ‘relations’
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Blr. рускі
1. ruski ‘Russian’
2. istočnoslavenski ‘Ruthenian, East Slavic’
Cr. ruski Blr. рускі, расейскі ‘Russian’
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Blr. рэч
Cr. stvar ‘matter’
Cr. riječ Blr. слова ‘word’
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Blr. слова
Cr. riječ ‘word’
Cr. slovo Blr. літара ‘letter (of the alphabet)’
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Blr. сталіца
Cr. glavni grad ‘capital’
Cr. stolica Blr. крэсла ‘chair’
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Blr. сто
Cr. sto ‘a hundred’
Cr. sto 1. сто ‘a hundred’
2. стол ‘table’
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Blr. студзень
Cr. siječanj ‘January’
Cr. studeni Blr. лістапад ‘November’
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Blr. шына
Cr. guma ‘tyre’
Cr. šina Blr. рэйка ‘rail’
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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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