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

nakuso – 1. 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

namerat – 1. 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

nat – 1. 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

naznachime – 1. we appoint, we nominate. 2. we appointed, we nominated

naznachuva – appoint, nominate

naznachuvae (*) – they appointed, they nominated

naznachuvame (*) – we appointed, we nominated

ne – 1. 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?"

ni – 1. (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

nosite – 1. (*, 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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