False Friends of the Slavist/Belarusian-Polish
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Беларуская мова — Język polski
Zwodnicze słowa polskie lub białoruskie
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Blr. аповесць |
Pol. krótka powieść, opowieść ‘novelette’ |
| Pol. powieść |
Blr. раман ‘novel’ |
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Blr. бабка |
1. babka ‘old woman’
2. babka ‘a cake’
3. kozak, koźlarz ‘rough boletus (a mushroom)’ |
| Pol. babka |
1. бабка ‘old woman’
2. бабка ‘a cake’ |
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Blr. бяседа |
Pol. rozmowa ‘talk’ |
| Pol. biesiada |
Blr. гутарка ‘party, ceremony’ |
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Blr. гаворка |
1. gwara ‘dialect’
2. gadanie, plotka ‘talking’ |
| Pol. gwar |
Blr. шум ‘noise’ |
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Blr. гарбуз |
Pol. dynia ‘pumpkin’ |
| Pol. arbuz |
Blr. кавун ‘watermelon’ |
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Blr. дварэц |
Pol. pałac ‘palace’ |
| Pol. dworzec |
Blr. вакзал ‘railway station’ |
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Blr. дума |
1. myśl ‘thought’
2. pieśń ludowa ‘East Slavonic folk song’
3. parlament ‘parliament’ |
| Pol. duma |
Blr. гордасць ‘pride’ |
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Blr. запомніць |
Pol. zapamiętać ‘to memorize’ |
| Pol. zapomnieć |
Blr. забыць ‘to forget’ |
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Blr. іграць |
1. grać ‘to play (theatre)’
2. grać ‘to play (music)’ |
| Pol. grać |
1. іграць ‘to play (theatre)’
2. іграць ‘to play (music)’
3. гуляць ‘to play (a game)’ |
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Blr. князь |
Pol. książę (kniaź) ‘prince, duke’ |
| Pol. ksiądz |
Blr. святар ‘priest’ |
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Blr. край |
1. brzeg, skraj ‘edge’
2. okolica ‘region’ |
| Pol. kraj |
Blr. краіна ‘country’ |
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Blr. крэсла |
1. krzesło ‘chair’
2. fotel ‘armchair’ |
| Pol. krzesło |
Blr. крэсла ‘chair’ |
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Blr. лета |
Pol. lato ‘summer’ |
| Pol. lato |
1. лета ‘summer’
2. год (30 гадоў) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’ |
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Blr. ліст |
1. list ‘letter’
2. arkusz ‘sheet of paper’
3. liść ‘leaf’ |
| Pol. list |
Blr. ліст, пісьмо ‘letter’ |
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Blr. матка |
1. matka ‘mother’
2. matka ‘dam, female animal’
3. macica ‘womb, uterus’ |
| Pol. matka |
1. маці ‘mother’
2. матка ‘dam, female animal’ |
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Blr. меч |
Pol. miecz ‘sword’ |
| Pol. mecz |
Blr. матч ‘match, game’ |
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Blr. пакой |
Pol. pokój ‘room’ |
| Pol. pokój |
1. пакой ‘room’
2. мір ‘peace’ |
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Blr. радзіма |
Pol. ojczyzna ‘motherland, home region’ |
| Pol. rodzina |
Blr. сям’я ‘family’ |
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Blr. рускі |
1. ruski ‘Ruthenian, East Slavic’
2. rosyjski ‘Russian’ |
| Pol. ruski |
Blr. рускі, усходнеславянскі ‘Ruthenian, East Slavic’ |
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Blr. чайка |
Pol. mewa ‘seagull’ |
| Pol. czajka |
Blr. каня ‘peewit, lapwing’ |
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Blr. шына |
Pol. opona ‘tyre’ |
| Pol. szyna |
Blr. рэйка ‘rail’ |
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