False Friends of the Slavist/Slovak-Croatian

sk hr Hrvatsko-Slovački lažni prijatelji ff77 Slk. doba 1. doba ‘time, era, period’2. trajanje ‘time, duration’ Cr. doba Slk. doba ‘time, era, period’ doba ff3 Slk. hodina 1. sat ‘hour’2. vrijeme, sat ‘time, hour (poet.)’ Cr. godina Slk. rok ‘year’ godina ff40 Slk. hora 1. gora ‘mountain’2. šuma ‘forest’ Cr. gora Slk. hora ‘mountain’ gora ff29 Slk. hrať 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’3. svirati ‘to play (music)’ Cr. igrati Slk. hrať ‘to play (a game)’ igrati ff58 Slk. jahoda 1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ Cr. jagoda Slk. jahoda ‘strawberry’ ff36 Slk. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’2. kraj ‘region’ Cr. kraj 1. kraj ‘edge’2. kraj ‘region’3. koniec ‘end’ kraj ff50 Slk. leto 1. ljeto ‘summer’2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’ (old-fashioned, not to find in the modern language) Cr. ljeto Slk. leto ‘summer’ leto ff43 Slk. list 1. list ‘sheet of paper’2. list ‘leaf’3. pismo ‘letter’ Cr. list 1. list ‘sheet of paper’2. list ‘leaf’ list ff8 Slk. listopad Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ Cr. listopad 1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’2. október ‘October’ listopad ff49 Slk. mrak Cr. oblak ‘cloud’ Cr. mrak Slk. tma ‘darkness’ mork ff2 Slk. muž 1. muž ‘husband’2. muškarac ‘man’ Cr. muž Slk. muž ‘husband’ muzh ff19 Slk. napravo Cr. desno ‘to the right’ Cr. pravo Slk. priamo ‘straight on’ pravo ff168 Slk. popolník Cr. pepeljara ‘ash-tray’ Cr. Pepelnica Slk. Popolná streda ‘Ash Wednesday’ pepelnica ff26 Slk. povesť 1. glas, reputacija ‘fame, reputation’2. priča, legenda ‘legend’ Cr. povijest Slk. dejiny ‘history’ povest ff17 Slk. reč Cr. govor ‘speech’ Cr. riječ Slk. slovo ‘word’ rech ff39 Slk. rodina Cr. porodica ‘family’ Cr. rodbina Slk. príbuznosť ‘relations’ rodbina ff172 Slk. sad Cr. vrt, bašta ‘garden’ Cr. sad Slk. teraz ‘now’ sad ff5 Slk. slovenský Cr. slovački ‘Slovak’ Cr. slovenski Slk. slovinský ‘Slovene’ slovensk ff16 Slk. slovo Cr. riječ ‘word’ Cr. slovo Slk. písmeno ‘letter (of the alphabet)’ slovo ff47 Slk. sto Cr. sto ‘a hundred’ Cr. sto 1. sto ‘a hundred’2. stôl ‘table’ ff35 Slk. strana 1. strana ‘side’2. strana ‘page’3. stranka ‘political party’ Cr. strana 1. strana ‘side’2. strana ‘page’ storna ff32 Slk. vec Cr. stvar ‘matter’ Cr. vješt Slk. šikovný ‘clever’ ff162 Slk. vec Cr. stvar ‘matter, thing’ Cr. već Slk. už ‘already’ ff18 Slk. vrah Cr. ubojica ‘murderer’ Cr. vrag Slk. čert ‘devil, demon’ vorg ff173 Slk. žito 1. raž ‘rye’2. pšenica ‘wheat’ Cr. žito Slk. obilie, zbožie ‘grain, cereals, (Br.) corn’ ff38 Slk. zrak Cr. vid ‘eyesight’ Cr. zrak Slk. vzduch ‘air’ zork