False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Macedonian

Hrvatski jezik — Македонски

Hrvatsko-Makedonski lažni prijatelji

Cr. igrati	Mk. игра ‘to play (a game)’
Mk. игра	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. plesati ‘to dance’

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Cr. kraj	1. крај ‘end’ 2. крај ‘region’ 3. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај	1. kraj ‘end’ 2. kraj ‘region’

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Cr. listopad	1. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ 2. октомври ‘October’
Mk. листопад	Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Cr. majka	Mk. мајка ‘mother’
Mk. мајка	1. majka ‘mother’ 2. ženka, majka (životinja) ‘dam, female animal’

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Cr. masa	Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. stol ‘table’

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Cr. meč	Mk. меч ‘match, game’
Mk. меч	1. meč ‘match, game’ 2. mač ‘sword’

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Cr. muž	Mk. маж ‘husband’
Mk. маж	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’

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Cr. nagao	1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’ 2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло	Cr. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’

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Cr. nedjelja	Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела	1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’ 2. tjedan, sedmica ‘week’

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Cr. povijest	Mk. историја ‘history’
Mk. повест	Cr. kratki roman ‘novelette’

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Cr. put	Mk. плот ‘fence’
Mk. плот	1. plot ‘fence’ 2. put ‘body, flesh’

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Cr. riječ	Mk. збор ‘word’
Mk. реч	Cr. govor ‘speech’

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Cr. slovenski	Mk. словенечки ‘Slovene’
Mk. словенски	Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’

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Cr. sto	1. сто ‘a hundred’ 2. маса ‘table’
Mk. сто	Cr. sto ‘a hundred’

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Cr. stol	Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол	Cr. stolica ‘chair’

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Cr. vijek	Mk. век ‘century’
Mk. век	1. vijek ‘century’ 2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’

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Cr. vrag	Mk. враг ‘devil, demon’
Mk. враг	1. vrag ‘devil, demon’ 2. neprijatelj ‘enemy’ 3. lukavac, previjanac ‘slyboots, smartie’

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Cr. vrijedan	Mk. драгоцен ‘precious’
Mk. вреден	Cr. vješt, valjan, marljiv ‘able, clever’

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Cr. zahod	Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод	Cr. zalazak ‘sunset’

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Cr. zavod	Mk. завод ‘institute’
Mk. завод	1. zavod ‘institute’ 2. tvornica ‘factory, works’

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Cr. zrak	Mk. воздух ‘air’
Mk. 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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