False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Macedonian

Slovenčina — Македонски

Slk. čas	Mk. време ‘time’
Mk. час	Slk. hodina ‘hour’

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Slk. hodina	1. час ‘hour’ 2. време, час ‘time, hour (poet.)’
Mk. година	Slk. rok ‘year’

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Slk. hrať	1. игра ‘to play (a game)’ 2. игра ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. свири ‘to play (music)’
Mk. игра	1. hrať ‘to play (a game)’ 2. hrať ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. tancovať ‘to dance’

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Slk. jahoda	1. јагода ‘strawberry’ 2. зрно ‘berry’
Mk. јагода	Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’

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Slk. kraj	1. крај ‘region’ 2. раб, ивица ‘edge’
Mk. крај	1. kraj ‘region’ 2. koniec ‘end’

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Slk. leto	1. лето ‘summer’ 2. година (30 години) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Mk. лето	Slk. leto ‘summer’

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Slk. list	1. лист ‘sheet of paper’ 2. лист ‘leaf’ 3. писмо ‘letter’
Mk. лист	1. list ‘sheet of paper’ 2. list ‘leaf’

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Slk. masa	Mk. маса ‘mass’
Mk. маса	1. masa ‘mass’ 2. stôl ‘table’

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Slk. matka	Mk. мајка ‘mother’
Mk. матка	Slk. maternica ‘womb, uterus’

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Slk. náhly	1. нагло ‘vehement, hasty’ 2. одненадеж, наеднаш ‘sudden’
Mk. нагло	Slk. náhly ‘vehement, hasty’

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Slk. napravo	Mk. (на) десно ‘to the right’
Mk. (на)право	Slk. priamo ‘straight on’

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Slk. nedeľa	Mk. недела ‘Sunday’
Mk. недела	1. nedeľa ‘Sunday’ 2. týždeň ‘week’

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Slk. pokoj	1. покој ‘quiet’ 2. мир ‘peace’
Mk. покој	Slk. pokoj ‘quiet’

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Slk. povesť	1. глас ‘fame, reputation’ 2. приказна, предание ‘legend’
Mk. повест	Slk. krátky román ‘novelette’

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Slk. rodina	Mk. семејство ‘family’
Mk. родбина	Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’

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Slk. slovenský	Mk. словачки ‘Slovak’
Mk. словенски	Slk. slovanský ‘Slavonic’

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Slk. stôl	Mk. маса ‘table’
Mk. стол	Slk. stolička, stolica ‘chair’

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Slk. strana	1. страна ‘side’ 2. страна ‘page’ 3. партија ‘political party’
Mk. страна	1. strana ‘side’ 2. strana ‘page’

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Slk. vec	Mk. работа ‘matter’
Mk. вешт	Slk. šikovný ‘clever’

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Slk. vrah	Mk. убиец ‘murderer’
Mk. враг	1. nepriateľ ‘enemy’ 2. čert ‘devil, demon’ 3. prefíkanec, lišiak ‘slyboots, smartie’

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Slk. záchod	Mk. клозет, нужник ‘toilet’
Mk. заод	Slk. západ ‘sunset’

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Slk. zrak	Mk. вид ‘eyesight’
Mk. зрак	Slk. lúč ‘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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