A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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Naagra Fols (*) – Niagara Falls

nabliza (nablizhat) – approached, got close, got close to

nablizae (nablizhea) – they approached, they got close, they got close to

nablizal (nablizhal) – close to, approached

nablizale (*) – they came close, they approached

nablizame (nablizheme) – we came close, we approached

nablizat (nablizhat) – came close, approached

nablizhite (nablizhete) – (plural) you all approach

nablizu – near, near by, not far

nachalnik – administrator, chief, head, prefect

nachalniko – the administrator, the chief, the head, the prefect

nachekae (nachekale) – they waited, they lay in wait for, they caught, they stopped

nachichkani – packed, overcrowded, crammed, filled

nacia (nacija) – nation, nationality

naciata (nacijata) – the nation, the nationality

nacii – nations, peoples

nacionalizamo (nacionalizm, nacionalizmot) – nationalism

nacionalsfo (*) – nationality

nadevae (nadevale) – they hoped

nadevate (nadevajte) – (plural you all) hope, to hope

nadezh – hope

nadezhba (nadezhta) – hope, only hope

nadezhbi (nadezhi) – hopes, expectations

nadime (najdeme) – 1. we find. 2. we found

nadueni (naduen) – they were swollen

nadupi – told on, dobbed in

nadupvae (*) – they told on, they dobbed in

nadvoivoda (nadvojvoda) – archduke

nafaka – fate, chance, help

naftemosvae (*) – they cursed

nagasa (*) – decided, planned

nagasame (*) – we decided, we planned

nagii – districts

nai – (prefix) the most, as in naigolemio – the biggest

naichurukta (najchurukut) – the most worthless, the most rotten

naidi – find

naidish – find

naidite (naidete) – you all find, you all come across

naidoborio (*) – the best

naidobrata (najdobar) – the best

naidobrite – (plural) the best

naidobro (najdobro) – the best

naidobroto (najdobroto) – the best

naidoe (najdea) – they found

naiduva – is found

naiduvae (najduvale) – they found

naiduvala – found

naiduvame – we found

naiduvashe – found, came across

naiduvat (naiduvaat) – they found

naignasen (*) – the most disgusting, the most revolting

naigolem (najgolem) – largest, biggest

naigolemata (najgolemata) – the larger, the biggest

naigolemio (najgolemiot) – the biggest, the biggest one, the highest ranking

naigolemite (najgolemite) – (plural) the largest, the biggest, as in naigolemite borbi – the biggest battles

naigolemo (najgolemo) – largest, biggest

naigolemoto (najgolemoto) – the largest, the biggest

naime (najdeme) – we find, we found

naimilen (najmilo) – most loved

naimirnite (*, najmirniot) – (plural) the most peaceful

nainapre (najnapred) – firstly

nainogu (najmnogu) – the most

naiplodnoto – the most fertile, the most fruitful, the most productive

naiplodovito (plodovit) – the most fertile, the most fruitful, the most productive

naiposle (najposle) – last, finally, at last

naiposlednata – the last one, the final one

naiposledni – the last, the final

naipoveke (najpovekje) – most of all

naipoveketo (najpovekje) – the most

naiprogresivnite (*) – the most progressive

naiubafio (najubaviot) – the most beautiful

naiubavata (najubavata) – the most beautiful

naiubavite (najubavite) – (plural) the most beautiful

naiubavoto (najubavoto) – the most beautiful

naivazhenio (naivazhniot) – the most important

nakachime – we climbed

nakazae (*) – they made known

nakazano (*) – made known, told

nakupil – bought a large quantity, bought up

nakupime – we bought a large quantity, we bought up

nakuso1. in short, briefly. 2. (colloquial) on a short lead, controlled, under control

nalea – to pour, to draw (water)

nalee – pour

nalegnae (nalegnale) – they lay down

naluteni (naluten) – they were angry, they are angry

nalutil – got angry

namachen – tormented

namale (namalel) – shortened, reduced, to ease, to run out, diminished

namali – got smaller, diminished, reduced, eased

namalvae – (plural they) got smaller, diminished, reduced, eased

namana (namavna) – gestured, nodded, waved

namanal (namavnal) – gestured, nodded, waved

namerat1. find. 2. meet

namerva (*) – is going, is at, happens to be at

namervam (*) – I was going, where I was

namervame (*) – we were at, we were going

namervash (*) – be at

namervashe (*) – was going, was at

namervate (*) – (plural you all) go to, be at

namestia (namesti, namestija) – placed, put in, appointed, settled

namira – is located, is found

namnozhi – multiply, build up, more, as in koga se namnozhi

namnozhva (namnozhuva) – multiply, build up, grow in size

nanizani (naniz, nanizhan) – threaded, strung, sewn, as in florini nanizani – coins threaded into a necklace

nanizhat – to string up, to thread

naobeseni (naobesi) – hung

naogjanje (naogja) – the finding (of)

napadina (napad, napadi) – attack

napadinashe (napadneshe) – attacked (more than one), as in napadinashe toku partizanite – attacked that many partizans

napadinat (*) – attacked

napia (napiva, napija) – I drank

napiat (napiat) – drink, give to drink

napime (napieme) – we drank, we drink

napisa (napisha) – he/she wrote

napisana (*) – written

napisano (*) – written

napisha – write

napishani – written

napivae (napiele) – they drank

napivat (napivaat) – to drink, to supply with drinks, to offer drinks

naplna – filled

naplnae (napolnea, napolnuvaat) – they filled

naplnal (napolnil) – filled up

naplnata (napolnat) – filled

naplnati (napolnat) – filled

naplnato (napolno) – full, filled

naplne (napolnet) – they fill, they fill up

naplnuvae (*, napolnuva) – they filled

naplnuvale (*, napolnuva) – they fill up

naplnuvashe (napolnuva) – filled up

Napoleon (*) – Napoleon Bonaparte

napolion (napoleon) – a French gold coin

napolioni (napoleoni) – French gold coins

napraen (napraven, naprae) – made

napraeni (napraveni) – (plural) made, as in patishcha ubavo napraeni – roads well made

naprame (naprajme, napravime) – 1. we make, we do. 2. we made, we did

naprava – do, make, as in nemozha da naprava nishcho – I can do nothing

napravae (napravea) – they made

napravashe (napraveshe) – did, made, as in nekoi aku napravashe neshcho – if someone did something

napravat – they make

naprave – they make

napraven – made

napravena – made

napraveni – (plural) made

napraveno – made, they made

napravi – did, make, made

napravia – they made

napravie (napravile) – they did, they make, they made

napravil – made, did

napravile – they made

napravime – we did, we made

napre – ahead, in front, forward

napredeni (napreden) – more advanced

napredia (napredija) – they advanced

napredlivo (napreden) – advanced, progressive

napreduva – progress, advance

napredva (napreduva) – progressed, advanced, moved forward

napredvae (napredvale) – they progressed, they advanced, they moved forward

napredvashe (napreduvashe) – progressed, moved forward

naprskat (naprska) – spray, sprinke

naprskuvae (naprskaat) – they sprayed, they sprinkled

napushchi (napushti) – left, abandoned

napushchia (napushtat) – they left, they abandoned

napushchime (napushtime) – we left, we abandoned

napushfame (napushtime) – we left, we abandoned

napushva (napushta) – leave, abandon, give up

napushvat (napushtat) – they leave, they abandon, they give up

narachano (narach) – messaged, asked, told, ordered

narakvici – gloves

narana (nahranam) – to feed

naranat (nahranat) – feed

nareda – (colloquial) sex organ

naredat – to put in order, to line up

naredena (nareden, naredna) – in order, one by one, following

naredeni – (plural they) in order, lined up, arranged

naredia (naredija) – they got in order, they lined up

naredie (naredile) – they lined up

nareduva – organize, arrange, order, decree, command

naredvae (*) – they ordered, they arranged

naredvame (naredevme) – we lined up, we got in order, we got them in order

narekoe (narekle) – they named, they called

narka (*) – (Greek) mine, land mine

narkata (*) – (Greek narka – mine, Macedonian ta – the) the mine, the land mine

narki (*) – (Greek narka – mine, Macedonian plural i) mines, land mines

narodni (*) – (plural) national, of the people, folk, as in narodni pesni – national songs

narodo (narodot) – the people, the nation

narot – people, nation

naroto (narodot) – the people, the nation

narotot (narodot) – the people, the nation

naruzha – dress up, dressed up, adorn, adorned

naruzhani (*) – they were dressed up, they were adorned

naruzhano (*) – dressed up, adorned

naruzhvae (*) – they dressed up, they adorned

nas – us

nasaden – (plural they are/ were) planted, sown, seeded

nasadena (nasaden) – planted, sown, seeded

nasadeno (nasaden) – planted, sown, seeded

nasednat (nasedna) – seated, they were seated

nasednati (nasedna) – seated, they were seated

nasednuvae (naseduvaat) – they sat

naselen – inhabited, settled, populated

naselenie – settlers

naselenieto – when the population grew/ built up/ multiplied

naselenite (*, naseleni) – the settlers

naseleno – settled (with people)

naseli – settle, populate

naselia (naselija) – they settled, they populated

nash – our, ours

nashata – our

nashide (*) – our

nashio – our

nashite – (plural) our

nashle – they found

nashpioni (*) – spy on, as in nekoi da te nashpioni – someone to spy on you

nashpionish (*) – spy on

nashta – our, singular as in nashta kniga – our book

nashte – our, plural as in nashte knigi – our books

nashto (nasheto) – our

nasiteni – (plural they are/ were) satiated, full, satisfied, saturated

nasmenuvae (nasmenuva) – they laughed, they smiled

nasmenuvashe (nasmenuva) – laughed, smiled

nastoivashe (see nastojavashe) – tried hard, strove, insisted

nastojavashe (see nastoivashe) – tried hard, strove, insisted

nastojavat (nastojuva) – strive for

nat1. above, over, on top of. 2. action exceeding

natamo (natamu) – that way, there

natekvat (natekuva) – swell, become swollen

naturime (naturi) – we poured, as in ga naturime malu voda – we poured her a little water/ we poured a little water on her

naturvae (*) – they poured

naucha (naucham, nauchuva) – I learn, as in ako naucha – if I learn

nauchat – learn

nauche (*) – they learn

nauchen – taught

naucheno (*) – 1. taught. 2. learned

nauchi – learn, learned

nauchil – learned

nauchime – we learned

nauchish – (you) learn

nauchvashe (*) – 1. taught. 2. learned

naukle (*) – they learned, they found out

nauko (*) – learned, I learned

naukoa (*) – they learned, they found out

naukoe (*) – they learned, they found out

naukol (*) – it was learned of

naukome (*) – we learned

nauku (*) – learned

naukvae (nauchile) – they learned, they gained knowledge

navalena (*) – leaning, leaned, leant over, inclined

navali – leaned, pressed, to press, inclined

navedena – bent down, bowed, lowered

navedvale (navednele) – they lowered, they bent down

navezani (navezan) – embroidered

navide (navidi) – to visit, to drop by

naviknati (naviknat) – (plural they were) accustomed to, used to, called to

navirea (*) – they filled with tears, they welled up

naviree (*) – they filled with tears, they welled up

navirve (*) – they filled with tears, they welled up

navratia (navratija) – they directed

navrteno (*) – turned, directed

navrti – turn, to turn, to direct

navrtia (navrtija) – turned, directed

navrtime (*) – we turned, we directed

navrtvae (*) – they turned, they turned inside out, they directed

navrt (navrtat) – turn, to turn

navrvae (*) – they told, they directed, ordered, they commanded

navrzani (navrzan) – attached, tied on

naza (nazad) – back, back to, return, went back

nazemi – on the ground

nazhala (nazhali) – became sad, began to grieve

nazhiva (nazhivna) – to live again, revive

nazhive (*) – lives again, revives, as in sega ka nazhive nacionalizamo – now that nationalism lives again

naznachat – appoint, nominate

naznachen – appointed, nominated

naznachena – appointed, nominated

naznacheni – (plural they were/are) appointed, nominated

naznachenite – the appointed, the nominated

naznacheno (*) – appointed, nominated

naznachi – appoint, appointed, nominated

naznachia (naznachija) – appointed, nominated

naznachila – appointed, nominated

naznachime1. we appoint, we nominate. 2. we appointed, we nominated

naznachuva – appoint, nominate

naznachuvae (*) – they appointed, they nominated

naznachuvame (*) – we appointed, we nominated

ne1. no, as in ne, nemam – no, I haven't. 2. (ni) we, us as in nas ne opita – he asked us

Nea Zihni (*) – the Greek name of a municipality in the Serres region

nebesni – blue

nechesna – dishonest, disgraced, dishonored

nedela – week

Nedela – Sunday

nedelata – the week

Nedelata – the Sunday

Nedelina – one Sunday

Nedelini – Sundays

Nedelinite – the Sundays

nedoslednost – inconsistency

nedoslednosti – inconsistencies

Negochani (*) – a village near Lerin

Negosh – a town in northern Greece

Negovan (*) – a village near Lerin

neikish (nejkji) – don't want to

nekadesi (nekade) – some place, somewhere

nekak (nekako, nekakov) – somewhere, somehow

nekoa (nekoja) – some, one, as in nekoa vecher – one evening

nekoasi (*) – some, as in some one or some thing

nekoisi (nekojsi) – some people, the plural of someone

nekoku (nekolku) – some

nem – humidity, dampness

nemae (nemale) (see nemale) – they didn't have, there were none, there are no

nemale (see nemae)– they didn't have, there were none, there are no

nemame – we didn't have, we don't have

neme (*) – I didn't have, don't have

nemoite (nemojte) – you cannot, don't

nemozha – I can not

nemozhat (*) – cannot

nemozhe (*) – they can not

nemozhea (*) – they could not

nemozhel (*) – could not

nemozhele (*) – they could not

nemozheme (*) – we could not

nemozheshe (*) – could not

nemozhi – can not

nemozhish (*) – (you) can not

nenadeno (nenadejno) – sudden, unexpected

neo – him

nepara – insufficiently, not that much, not enough, weakly

nepoznati – (plural they/that are) unknown

nepoznato – unknown

Nered (*) – an occasionally used but incorrect term for Neret

Neret (*) – a village in the Lerin region

Neretche (*) – young person from Neret

Neretci (*) – people from Neret

Neretcka (*) – of Neret

Neretckata (*) – the ‘something' of Neret, as in Neretckata uprava – the Neret administration

Neretcki (*) – of Neret

Neretckio (*) – the ‘something' of Neret, as in Neretckio Hol – the Neret Hall

Neretckite (*) – the ‘something' of Neret, as in Neretckite piknici – the Neret picnics

Neretcko (*) – of Neret

Neretckoto (*) – the ‘something' of Neret, as in Neretckoto naselenie – the Neret settlers

Neretec (*) – a man from Neret

Neretka (*) – a woman from Neret

Neretkite (*) – the women from Neret

Nerotopo (*) – said by some to have been an early name for Neret that came from the Vlachs and means ‘has a lot of water".

neshcho – something

neshchosi (*, neshta) – some things

nesposovni (nesposobni) – incapable

Nesta (*) – the river Nestos

Nestram (*) – a village near Kostur

neverni – unfaithful

Neveska – a village near Lerin

nevestata – the bride

nevestincka (nevestinski) – bridal, as in nevestincka ruba – bridal gown

nevestinckata (nevestinskoto) – the bridal, as in nevestinckata postela – the bridal bed

nevestinckio (nevestinski) – the bridal, as in nevestinckio fustan –the bridal dress

Nevolci (*) – people from the village Nevoleni

Nevolcka (*) – the name of a river

Nevolckite (*) – of the village Nevoleni, as in Nevolckite livagie – the Nevoleni fields

Nevoleni (*) (also Nevoljani) – a village near Neret

Nevolka (*) – a woman from Nevoleni

Nevrokop – a town near Drama

Nevrokopckoto (*) – of Nevrokop, as in Nevrokopckoto pole – the Nevrokop field

nezakopani (*) – unburied

neznamci (*) – those who say ‘I don't know'. It is based on the Macedonian phrase ‘ne znam' (I don't know) and was a derogatory name applied by Greeks to Macedonians when Macedonians were spoken to in Greek and they replied "I don't know (the Greek language), what are you saying?"

ni1. (short for nie) – us. 2. (short for niv, see nif) – them, as in so ni – with them, kai ni – near them

nif (niv) – them

nikak (nikako, nikakov) – not at all

nikakof (nikakov) – none, none at all

nikakva – none, nothing at all

nikakvo – none as in nikakvo pravo – no right at all

Nikola Karef (*) – Nikola Karev, the Macedonian revolutionary

Nikolaos D. Dzuganatos (*) – a historian

Nikolaos Plastiras (*) – former prime minister of Greece

Nikolofcki – of Sveti Nikolof/ Saint Nikola, as in Sveti Nikolofcki bop – Saint Nikola bean stew, which is cooked without oil

Niko Zahariadi (*) – Nikos Zachariadis, the leader of the Greek Communist Party during the Greek Civil War

nimashe (*) (short for ni imashe) – for me/ for us had, as in taja nimashe videno nogu pati – she had seen us many times,

nimate (*) (short for ni imate) – to us you have, as in nogu pati nimate dadeno – many times you have given

nishanlia (nishanlija, nishandjija) – 1. a good shot/ shooter. 2. a mark, sign, aim, target

nishcho (nishto) – nothing

nisiata (*) – (Greek nisi – island, Macedonian ata – the) the island

niskoto (*) – the low, the lowland

nisok (nizok, nisko) – low

Niu Kastel (*) – the city of Newcastle

Niu Zilan (Nov Zeland) – (English) New Zealand

niva – field

nivata – the field

nivie (nivi) – fields

nivieto (nivjeto) – the fields, the farmland

nodzi (see nozi) – legs

nodzite (see nozite) – the legs

Noenvri (Noemvri) – November

nof – new

NOF – National Liberation Front

nofio (noviot) – the new

nomarhi – (Greek) governor, prefect

nort (severna) – (English) north

Nortkot (*) – the Melbourne suburb of Northcote

nose (nosat) – 1. they wear. 2. they bring

nosea – they were carrying, they were bringing

nosee (nosele) – they carried, they brought

nosel – brought

noselo – brought, as in mu noselo – brought him

noseme (nosevme) – we brought

noseshe – brought, carried, wore

nosh 1. knife. 2. (*) (short for noshia) – night

noshia (nokj) – night, at night, night time

noshiata (nokjta) – the night time, at night time, by night

noshno (nokje) – at night time

nosila – stretcher

nosite1. (*, nosii) the clothes, what is worn. 2. (nosete) (plural you all) wear, wear it/them

nosokom (*) – head, leader

nozhoi (nozhovi) – knives

nozhoite (*) – the knives

nozi (noze) – legs

nozite (nozete) (see nodzite) – the legs

nunkata – the godmother, the female witness for a wedding

nunko – witness for a wedding, godfather

nunkoi (nunkovci) – godfathers

nunkoite (*) – the godfathers

nunkoto – the godfather

nunkovi (nunkovci) – godfathers

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