False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Serbian

Hrvatski jezik — Српски језик

Српско-хрватски лажни другови Hrvatsko-srpski lažni prijatelji

Cr. igrati	Sb. играти ‘to play (a game)’
Sb. играти	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. plesati ‘to dance’

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Cr. kor	Sb. хор ‘choir’
Sb. кор	Cr. korpus ‘corps’

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Cr. kovčeg	1. кофер ‘suitcase’ (also present in Kajkavian Croatian) 2. ковчег ‘trunk, box, chest’
Sb. ковчег	1. škrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’ 2. lijes ‘coffin’

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Cr. lice	Sb. лице ‘face’
Sb. лице	1. lice ‘face’ 2. osoba ‘person’ 3. ličnost ‘well known, important person’

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Cr. listopad	1. октобар ‘October’ 2. листопад ‘falling of leaves’
Sb. листопад	Cr. listopad, padanje lišća ‘falling of leaves’

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Cr. modar	1. модар ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’ 2. светлоплав ‘light blue’
Sb. модар	Cr. modar ‘dark blue (as a colour of face or body)’

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Cr. nedjelja	Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’
Sb. недеља	1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’ 2. tjedan ‘week’ (also седмица in Serbian)

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Cr. razred	1. разред ‘form, grade, class (at school)’ 2. класа ‘class (in a train, in society, in biology)’
Sb. разред	Cr. razred ‘form, grade, class (at school)’

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Cr. restauracija	1. рестаурација ‘restoration’ 2. ресторан ‘restaurant’
Sb. рестаурација	Cr. restauracija ‘restoration’

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Cr. sedmica	Sb. седмица ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’
Sb. седмица	1. tjedan ‘week’ 2. sedmica ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’

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Cr. sklanjati	1. склањати ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’ 2. деклиновати ‘to decline (grammar)’
Sb. склањати	Cr. sklanjati ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’

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Cr. slovenski	Sb. словеначки ‘Slovene’
Sb. словенски	Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’

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Cr. sprezati	1. конјугирати ‘to conjugate’ 2. спрезати ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’
Sb. спрезати	Cr. uprezati, sprezati ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’

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Cr. svijet	Sb. свет ‘world’
Sb. свет	1. vijeće, savjet ‘council’ 2. svijet ‘world’

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Cr. zrak	Sb. ваздух ‘air’
Sb. зрак	Cr. zraka, trak, traka ‘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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