False Friends of the Slavist/Belarusian-Polish

Беларуская мова — Język polski

Zwodnicze słowa polskie lub białoruskie

Blr. аповесць	Pol. krótka powieść, opowieść ‘novelette’
Pol. powieść	Blr. раман ‘novel’

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Blr. бабка	1. babka ‘old woman’ 2. babka ‘a cake’ 3. kozak, koźlarz ‘rough boletus (a mushroom)’
Pol. babka	1. бабка ‘old woman’ 2. бабка ‘a cake’

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Blr. гаворка	1. gwara ‘dialect’ 2. gadanie, plotka ‘talking’
Pol. gwar	Blr. шум ‘noise’

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Blr. гарбуз	Pol. dynia ‘pumpkin’
Pol. arbuz	Blr. кавун ‘watermelon’

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Blr. дварэц	Pol. pałac ‘palace’
Pol. dworzec	Blr. вакзал ‘railway station’

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Blr. дума	1. myśl ‘thought’ 2. pieśń ludowa ‘East Slavonic folk song’ 3. parlament ‘parliament’
Pol. duma	Blr. гордасць ‘pride’

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Blr. запомніць	Pol. zapamiętać ‘to memorize’
Pol. zapomnieć	Blr. забыць ‘to forget’

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Blr. іграць	1. grać ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. grać ‘to play (music)’
Pol. grać	1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’ 2. іграць ‘to play (music)’ 3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’

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Blr. князь	Pol. książę (kniaź) ‘prince, duke’
Pol. ksiądz	Blr. святар ‘priest’

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Blr. край	1. brzeg, skraj ‘edge’ 2. okolica ‘region’
Pol. kraj	Blr. краіна ‘country’

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Blr. крэсла	1. krzesło ‘chair’ 2. fotel ‘armchair’
Pol. krzesło	Blr. крэсла ‘chair’

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Blr. лета	Pol. lato ‘summer’
Pol. lato	1. лета ‘summer’ 2. год (30 гадоў) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’

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Blr. ліст	1. list ‘letter’ 2. arkusz ‘sheet of paper’ 3. liść ‘leaf’
Pol. list	Blr. ліст, пісьмо ‘letter’

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Blr. матка	1. matka ‘mother’ 2. matka ‘dam, female animal’ 3. macica ‘womb, uterus’
Pol. matka	1. маці ‘mother’ 2. матка ‘dam, female animal’

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Blr. меч	Pol. miecz ‘sword’
Pol. mecz	Blr. матч ‘match, game’

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Blr. пакой	Pol. pokój ‘room’
Pol. pokój	1. пакой ‘room’ 2. мір ‘peace’

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Blr. радзіма	Pol. ojczyzna ‘motherland, home region’
Pol. rodzina	Blr. сямя ‘family’

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Blr. рускі	1. ruski ‘Ruthenian, East Slavic’ 2. rosyjski ‘Russian’
Pol. ruski	Blr. рускі, усходнеславянскі ‘Ruthenian, East Slavic’

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Blr. чайка	Pol. mewa ‘seagull’
Pol. czajka	Blr. каня ‘peewit, lapwing’

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Blr. шына	Pol. opona ‘tyre’
Pol. szyna	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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