A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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ga (see go) – him, her, it, they

Gabresh (*) – a village near Kostur

gabro (gabreov, gaber) – what comes from hornbeam, composed of hornbeam

gabrovica – hornbeam tree branch

Gagachka (*) – an old and now deserted village near Neret

gailat (gajla) – worry, care, be concerned

gailinia (gajlinja) – worries, concerns, cares

gailite (*) – (plural) you all worry, as in ne se gailite – you all, do not worry

gairet (gajret) – concern, care, help

garantiram – I guarantee

Garvanik (*) – a hill above Krpeshina

gashchi (gashti, gakji) – underpants

gavrament (*) – (English) government

gazie (gazija) – petroleum, lamp oil, liquid gas

Gazilainoa (*) – of the Gazilainof family

gazish – you step on, you walk

Gecoa Padina (*) – an area located between Neret and Krepeshina

Geleata (*) – of the Gelev family

generaci (generacii) – generations

generacia (generacija) – generation

genoktonia (*) – (Greek) genocide

gerdano (*, gerdan) – the necklace

Germanckio (*, Germancki) – the German, as in Germanckio okopator – the German occupier

Germaneco (*, Germanec) – the German

Germanofil – a supporter of Germany, someone who is very pro-German

Germanofilckite (*) – (plural) the Germanophile, as in Germanofilckite grupi – the Germanophile groups

ges (gas) – gas

geso (gasot) – the gas

Gianica (*) – the Greek name of a city, Enige in Macedonian

Gianis Kordatos (*) – (also Giani Kordato and Jani Kordato) a Greek historian

giaur (gjaur) – infidel, non-believer

gibname (gibame, gibna) – 1. we touched. 2. we touch

gilvia (*) – clarinet

gilviata (*) – the clarinet

gima (gi ima, go ima) – has, to have, what there is, what he/ she/ has

gimae (gi imae) (see gime) – they had, they have

gimal (gi imal) – he/ she had

gimala (gi imala) – they had

gimam (gi imam) – I have

gimame (gi imame) – we had, we have

gimashe (gi imashe) – had

gime (gi ime) (see gimae) – they have

ginea – they perished, they were lost

gineme (gine) – we separated, we moved away

gini – lose, lost

Gini Voda (*) – a place in Neret where the water stream is lost in the mountain and reappears further down the mountain

Giorgi Kondili (*) – a Greek politician

Giorgi Kostadin (*) – the Greek Tsar

Gistav Aifel (*) – Gustave Eiffel, who built the Eiffel Tower

gistera (gi istera) – chase them away, force them away, drive them away

giubre (gjubre) – rubbish, garbage

giubreto (gjubreto) – the rubbish, the garbage

giule (gjule) – cannon ball

giuleto (*, gjule) – the cannon ball

giulinia (gjulinja) – cannon balls

giuliniata (*, gjulinja) – the cannon balls

Giumurdjina (*) – the city now called Komotini in Greek

giupci (gjupci) – gypsies

giupkata (gjupkata)– the female gypsy

giupki (gjupki) – female gypsies

giurdi (*) – woolen longer vests, overcoats

giurdia (*) – a woolen longer vest, overcoat

giurdichinia (*) – woolen longer vests, overcoats

giuruntia (gjurultija) – uproar, trouble, attack

gizvadat (gi izvadat) – take off

gizvadu (gi izvadu) – take out, bring out

gladni – hungry, starving, as in tie ne ostanae gladni – they did not go hungry

glados – hunger, starvation

gladva (gladuva) – go hungry, starve

gladvame (gladuvame) – we hunger, we go hungry, we starve, as in pochname da gladvame za lep – we began to hunger for bread

glaobolinia (glavobolki, glavobolie) – headaches

glasachkite (*, glasachki) – the voting, as in glasachkite knizhinia – the voting papers

glasuvale (glasale) – they voted

glava – 1. head. 2. leader, chief. 3. life

glavatar – chief, leader

glavataro (*, glavatar) – the chief, the leader, the head

glavi – 1. to work, working. 2. heads of cattle, as in glavi imanie – working livestock, main livestock

glavnio (glavno) – the main, the head, as in glavnio pat – the main path

gledae (gledale) – (plural) looked, watched, seen, as in otamo se gledae nogu ubavo sati tri patishcha – from there the three paths could be well seen

Gliksburg (*) – King George II of Greece, who was from the house of Glücksburg

globea (globi, globuvaat) – fined them

gltnime (glta, goltneme) – we swallow

glua (gluv ) – deaf, quiet, silent

glufcite (*, glufci) – the mice

gmechi – 1. suppress, oppress. 2. grumble, stumble over words, complain, protest

gnasen – dirty, disgusting

gnasna – dirty, disgusting, horrible

gnasotii – disgusting people/ things, revolting people/ things

gnoi – manure, dung

go (see ga) – him, her, it, that

Gocheata brigada (*) – the Goche brigade

gode (godele) – they prepare, they get ready

godea – they prepared, they got ready, as in se godea – they prepared
godeshe – prepared

godi – preparing, getting ready

Golema Buka (*) – a place near Neret above Smilof Rit

gonat – chase

gonea – they chased, they pursued

goni – chase, to chase

gonime – 1. we chase. 2. we chased

gonite – you all chase, you all pursue, you all hunt, as in toi sho vi pomozhvashe da gi gonite Bogarckite komiti – he who helped you all pursue the Bulgarian guerillas

gorata (*, gora) – the wood, the forest, the mountain

Gorbachef (*) – Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union

gorchlivi – (plural) bitter

gordelif (gordeliv) – proud, arrogant

gordos (gordost) – pride

goredolu – approximately, about, roughly

gorena – upper, higher

Gorna Mala (*) – a neighbourhood in Neret

Gornichovo (*) – a village near Lerin

Gorno Brodi (*) – the name of a village

Gorno Kleshchina (*) – a village near Lerin

Gorno Kotori (*) – a village near Lerin

gospo – god

gospodar – master, ruler

gospu (gospo) – god

gostie (*) – they entertained, they treated, they served

Gostivar (*) – a city in the Republic of Macedonia

gotof – ready

govedar – herdsman, cattle man

govedarta (*, govedar, govedarot) – the herdsman, the cattle man

govorele (govorel) – they spoke, they talked

govoritel – speaker

gozba – feast

grabe – they hasten, they hurry, they hastened, they hurried

grabnat – snatch, kidnap, grab

grabnime (grabneme, grabni) – we grab, we seize, we snatch, we abduct, we kidnap

gradesh – fence, enclosure

gradeshe – fenced, enclosed, built, constructed

gradeshi (*) – fences, constructions

gradesh (*, gradesh) – the fence, the enclosure

gradi – 1. build, construct. 2. bosom, chest

gradinieto (gradinjeto) – the garden, the small garden

gradishcha (gradishta) – towns

gradishchata (*, gradishta) – the towns

gradite – the bosom, the chest

gragiancka (gragjanska) – civil, civic

gragianckata (*, gragjanska) – the civil, the civic

Grami Metaksa (*) – (Greek) the Metaxas Line

Gramos (*) – Mt Gramos

gravata – neck tie

grblavo (grblo) – hunchbacked

grbo (grbot) – the back, as in na grbo mu imae zalepeno edna krpa – on their back they stuck on a cloth

Grcka (Grchka) – Greek, of Greece, as in Grcka teritoria – Greek territory

Grckata (Grchkata) – the Greek, as in Grckata drzhava – the Greek government

Grcki (Grchki) – Greek (language)

Grckio (Grchkiot) – the Greek, as in Grckio ezik – the Greek language

Grckite (Grchkite) – the Greek, as in Grckite komiti – the Greek committees

Grckoto (Grchkoto) – the Greek, as in Grckoto Patriarhio – the Greek Patriarchate

great – warm, warm up

greda (gredam) – I come

greda – beam (of timber)

grede – they come

gredea (*) – there came, they came

gredee (*) – there came

gredele (*) – they come, they came, there came

gredenieto (*) – the coming, the arrival

gredeshe (*) – was coming

gredi – 1. is coming. 2. beams (of timber)

gredime (*) – we arrive, we come to

gredite (*, gredi) – (plural, you all) come

gredite – the beams (of timber)

greduski (gredichki) – logs, beams

greoi (grevovi) – pity

greota (grevota) – pitiful

greovite (grevovite) – sins, the sins, (his/ her, their) sins

Grigorio (*) – patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople

gris (*) – (English) grease

grizhat – they care about, they worry about

Grkina – a female Greek

Grkomanite (*) – the Macedonians who pretend to be or prefer to be Greek

grleniko (grleni) – a bib-like garment that women wore under their dress and around their neck to cover their modesty when the dresses gaped across the bust. It was often made from velvet or velveteen

grmelo – roared, thundered

grmeshe – thundered

grmeva (*) – thunderous noise, explosion

grmi – thunder

grnca (grnci) – earthenware pots

grne – earthenware pot

grneto – the earthen pot

grob – grave

grobari – grave diggers

grobaro – the grave digger

grobishcha – cemetery, cemeteries, graves

grobishchata – the cemetery, the cemeteries

grobnina (grobnica) – grave

grobninata – the grave

grop (see grob) – grave

grozno – ugly

grp (grb) – back

grutka – lump, clod

grutkata (*, grutka) – the lump, the clod

grutki – lumps, lumpy

gs (*) (short for gos, which is dialectical for gaz) – bum, backside, as in gs i gashchi – bum and underpants

gulabi – pigeons

gumnata – the yard, the threshing floor

gumno – yard, threshing floor, a dirt oval used to thresh wheat with a horse tethered to a pole in the centre

gumnoto – the yard, the threshing floor

Gunari (*) – a hardware shop in Lerin likely owned by the Gunari family

gusha – throat, neck

gushata – the throat, the neck

gzat (gazat) – retreat, withdraw

gzeshe (gazeshe) – held back, stopped

gzi (gazi) – step, retreat, as in gzi naza – step back, retreat

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