A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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fabriki – factories

faide (fajde) – interest (on a loan/ money)

falat – 1. threaten, bluster, boast, brag. 2. praise

falbi – 1. praise. 2. boasts. 3. threats

falel – 1. bragging, boasting. 2. threatening, threaten

faleshe – praised

famili (familii) – families

familia (familija) – family

familiarni (familijarni) – family, as in familiarni lugie – family people/ married people

familiarno (familijarno) – with the family, intimate, close

familiata – the family

familite (familiite) – the families

Fanari (*) – an area in Istanbul

fanatici – fanatics

fanatizam – fanaticism

farma – farm

farmak – poison

farmako (*) – the poison

farmerite (*, farmeri) – the farmers

farmi – farms

farmite (*, farmi) – the farms

fashizamo (fashizmot, fashizam) – fascism, the fascism

fateni – those caught

fatenite – the captured, the caught

fati – 1. catch. 2. start

fatia (fatija) – 1. caught. 2. started

fatie (fatile) – 1. they grabbed, they caught. 2. they started

fatila – caught

fatile – they caught

fatish – to set out, seize, grab

fatite – catch

fatvae (fatile) – they caught

fatvame (fatevme, fativme) – we catch, we caught

fatvano (*) – had caught

fatvate (*, fatva) – (a plural command to more than one to) catch, get, as in fatvate mesto – get yourselves a place

fchera – yesterday

Fersia (*) – the name of a ship

Fevruari – February

fidanchinia (fidanchinja) – saplings, young trees, young shoots

filan – certain, as in a certain person/ thing, something, somebody

Filei livagie (*) (see Filivagie) – the name of a meadow near Neret

Filip Ftorio (*) – King Philip II of Macedon

Filipi (*) – the name of a city

Filipinite (*) – the Philippines

Filipopoli (*) – Plovdiv

Filivagie (*) (see Filei livagie) (short for Filei livagie) – the name of a meadow near Neret

fira – loss in weight through damage, waste, shrinkage etc

firata – the loss in weight through damage, waste, shrinkage etc

fisheci – cartridges, rounds of ammunition

Fitzroi (*) – the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy

fkrsteni (vkrsteni) – crossed, as in fkrsteni raci – crossed arms

flaksata (*) – (English flax, Macedonian ata – the) the flax

Florina – (the Greek name for) Lerin

florini – coins

fo (*) – (English) for

fol – lie, trick, ploy, scam

forman (*) – (English) foreman

formirame – we form, we formed

fotovolida – (Greek) flare

fotovolidata (*) – (Greek fotovolida – flare, Macedonian ta – the) the flare

Francia (Francija) – France

Francoska (*) – French

Francuski – French

Francuzin – French, French person

Francuzite – the French

frangi (frankci) – francs

Franko (*) – General Francisco Franco of Spain

Frederika (*) – Queen Frederika of Greece

Frederiki (*) – Queen Frederika of Greece

Frenzite (Francuzite) – the French

Frimantl (*) – the city of Fremantle in Western Australia

frlae (frlaat, frlile) –they threw

fronto – the front

frtoma (fortoma, ortoma) – rope

frtomata (fortomata, ortomata) – the rope

frtomi (ortomi) – ropes

frurahio (*) – (Greek) fort

ftasani – (plural) ripe

ftasfe (vtasuva) – they ripen, they mature

ftasvae (vtasuvaat) – they ripened, they matured

ftesa (*) – blame, fault, guilt, do wrong

ftesano (*) – blame, fault, guilt

ftesen (*) – at fault, guilty

ftesni (*) – at fault, to blame, guilty

ftor – second

ftorio (vtoriot) – the second

ftrese (vtrese) – shook, trembled

ftresie (stresie, stresea) – they shook, they trembled

ftresol (stresol) – shook, trembled

fuchi – blow, puff, rage, whistle, howl

fudul – proud, arrogant, showy

fudulka (*) – a woman who shows off

fuduluci (*) – 1. pride, arrogance, conceit. 2. fashion, adornments for showing off, people who want to look good, wear good clothes or like the best

fundeshion (fundament) – (English) foundation

furguch (*) – wedding headwear for females

furnadjia (furnadjija) – baker

furnadjiata (*, furnadjija) – the baker

furnata – the oven

Furnite (*) – a place near Old Lagen

furnite (*, furni) – the ovens

furugvica (*) – a flag which the godfather carries at a wedding

fustan – a dress

fustano (*, fustan) – the dress

futbalcki (fudbalski) – football, as in Makedonckio futbalcki tim – the Macedonian football team

fycek (*) (see fyshek) – bullet

fyshek (*) (see fycek) – bullet

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