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Беларуская мова — Slovenčina


Blr. аповесць
Slk. krátky román ‘novelette’
Slk. povesť 1. рэпутацыя, пашана ‘fame, reputation’
2. падание, быліна ‘legend’
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Blr. вораг
Slk. nepriateľ ‘enemy’
Slk. vrah Blr. забойца ‘murderer’
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Blr. выхад
Slk. východ ‘exit’
Slk. východ 1. выхад ‘exit’
2. усход ‘east’
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Blr. гара
Slk. hora ‘mountain’
Slk. hora 1. гара ‘mountain’
2. лес ‘forest’
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Blr. дыван
Slk. koberec ‘carpet’
Slk. diván Blr. канапа ‘settee, sofa’
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Blr. жонка
Slk. žena ‘wife’
Slk. žena 1. жонка ‘wife’
2. жанчына ‘woman’
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Blr. жывот
1. život ‘life’
2. brucho ‘belly, body’
Slk. život Blr. жывот (arch.), жыццё ‘life’
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Blr. іграць
1. hrať ‘to play (theatre)’
2. hrať ‘to play (music)’
3. tancovať ‘to dance’
Slk. hrať 1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’
2. іграць ‘to play (music)’
3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’
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Blr. крэсла
1. kreslo ‘armchair’
2. stolička ‘chair’
Slk. kreslo Blr. крэсла ‘armchair’
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Blr. лістапад
1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
2. november ‘November’
Slk. listopad Blr. лістапад ‘falling of leaves’
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Blr. матка
1. matka ‘mother’
2. maternica ‘womb, uterus’
3. samička ‘dam, female animal’
Slk. matka Blr. матка ‘mother’
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Blr. муж
Slk. muž ‘husband’
Slk. muž 1. муж ‘husband’
2. мужчына ‘man’
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Blr. наглы
Slk. náhly ‘sudden’
Slk. náhly 1. наглы (reg.), раптоўны ‘sudden’
2. рэзкі, паспешны ‘vehement, hasty’
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Blr. пакой
Slk. izba ‘room’
Slk. pokoj 1. спакой ‘quiet’
2. мір ‘peace’
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Blr. пара
1. para ‘steam’
2. pár ‘pair’
3. niekoľko ‘a couple of, some’
Slk. para Blr. пара ‘steam’
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Blr. поўдзень
1. poludnie ‘noon’
2. juh ‘south’
Slk. poludnie Blr. поўдзень ‘noon’
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Blr. поўнач
1. polnoc ‘midnight’
2. sever ‘north’
Slk. polnoc Blr. поўнач ‘midnight’
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Blr. проста
1. proste ‘simple, simply’
2. priamo ‘straight on’
Slk. proste Blr. проста ‘simple, simply’
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Blr. радзіма
Slk. vlasť, otčina ‘motherland, home region’
Slk. rodina Blr. сям’я ‘family’
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Blr. рэч
Slk. vec ‘matter’
Slk. reč Blr. мова ‘speech’
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Blr. славенскі
Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’
Slk. slovenský Blr. славацкі ‘Slovak’
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Blr. сталіца
Slk. hlavné mesto ‘capital’
Slk. stolica Blr. крэсла ‘chair’
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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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