False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Serbian

hr yu Српско-хрватски лажни другови Hrvatsko-srpski lažni prijatelji ff29 Cr. igrati Sb. играти ‘to play (a game)’ Sb. играти 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’2. plesati ‘to dance’ igrati ff93 Cr. kor Sb. хор ‘choir’ Sb. кор Cr. korpus ‘corps’ kor ff212 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’ kovieg ff167 Cr. lice Sb. лице ‘face’ Sb. лице 1. lice ‘face’2. osoba ‘person’3. ličnost ‘well known, important person’ lice ff8 Cr. listopad 1. октобар ‘October’2. листопад ‘falling of leaves’ Sb. листопад Cr. listopad, padanje lišća ‘falling of leaves’ listopad ff190 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)’ modar ff45 Cr. nedjelja Sb. недеља ‘Sunday’ Sb. недеља 1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’2. tjedan ‘week’ (also седмица in Serbian) nedelja ff191 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)’ razred ff192 Cr. restauracija 1. рестаурација ‘restoration’2. ресторан ‘restaurant’ Sb. рестаурација Cr. restauracija ‘restoration’ restauracija Cr. sedmica Sb. седмица ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’ Sb. седмица 1. tjedan ‘week’2. sedmica ‘number seven (metonymy), playing card 7’ sedmica ff193 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’ sklanjati ff5 Cr. slovenski Sb. словеначки ‘Slovene’ Sb. словенски Cr. slavenski ‘Slavonic’ slovensk ff194 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’ sprezati ff221 Cr. svijet Sb. свет ‘world’ Sb. свет 1. vijeće, savjet ‘council’2. svijet ‘world’ ff38 Cr. zrak Sb. ваздух ‘air’ Sb. зрак Cr. zraka, trak, traka ‘ray, beam’ zork